"behave" meaning in All languages combined

See behave on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɪˈheɪv/ Audio: en-us-behave.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-behave.wav Forms: behave [canonical], behaves [third-person, singular], behaved [past], behaved [past, participle], behaving [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|behav|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. How you behave is what you do or how you act.
    Sense id: simple-behave-en-verb-NDQAeKJA
  2. How something behaves is what it usually does.
    Sense id: simple-behave-en-verb-YpNKgcIu
  3. If you are behaving you are being good.
    Sense id: simple-behave-en-verb-x1IyEFWq Categories (other): Colloquial
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