Complete Definition of "behave"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/bɪ�heɪv/
audio|en-us-behave.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪv|-eɪv

Verb
en-verb|behaves|behaving|behaved|behaved

  1. Act in a polite or proper way.

#:His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't behave himself.

  1. Act in a specified way.

Translations
trans-top|to behave
Czech: chovat se
Dutch: zich gedragen
Finnish: käyttäytyä
German: sich benehmen, sich betragen, sich verhalten
Hebrew: ��תנ�� (le'hitnaheg) (2)
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Lithuanian: elgtis
Spanish: comportarse
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