behave

behave is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
2. transitive verb. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
3. intransitive verb. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.
4. verb. behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

   "You should act like an adult"

   "Don't behave like a fool"

   Synonyms: act, do

5. verb. behave in a certain manner

   "She carried herself well"

   "he bore himself with dignity"

   Synonyms: acquit, bear, carry, comport, conduct, deport

6. verb. behave well or properly

   "The children must learn to behave"

   Synonyms: comport

Synonyms

act, do, acquit, bear, carry, comport, conduct, deport

Common word forms

behaved, behaver, behaves, behaving

Words from these letters

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