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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Word of the Day.

behave   
 
Function: verb

Inflected forms:
behaves; behaved; behaving


Meanings:
1 : to act in an acceptable way : to act properly
Examples:
[no object]<If you can’t behave in the store we’ll have to leave.>
[with object] <If you can’t behave yourself in the store we’ll have to leave.>
<I wish those children would behave themselves.>

2 [no object] : to act in a particular way
Examples:
<He behaves like a child!>
<behave well/generously>

3 [no object] of a thing : to function, react, or move in a particular way
Example:
<The experiment tested how various metals behave under heat and pressure.>

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