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What does behave mean? Is behave a Scrabble word?

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Is behave a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word behave is a Scrabble US word. The word behave is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

B3E1H4A1V4E1

Is behave a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word behave is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

B3E1H4A1V4E1

Is behave a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word behave is a Words With Friends word. The word behave is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1H3A1V5E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BEHAVE,

5-letter words (2 found)

HEAVE,HEVEA,

4-letter words (3 found)

EAVE,HAVE,HEBE,

3-letter words (8 found)

AVE,BAE,BAH,BEE,EVE,HAE,VAE,VEE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AB,AE,AH,BA,BE,EA,EE,EH,HA,HE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from behave according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of behave

behave

Etymology

From Middle English behaven, bihabben (“to restrain, behave”), from Old English behabban (“to surround, embrace, hold, contain, hold back, withhold, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan, equivalent to be- +‎ have. Cognate with Middle Low German behebben, behāven (“to receive, acquire, reach, keep”), Low German behebben (“to act, behave”), German behaben (“to behave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈheɪv/, /bəˈheɪv/
  • Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

behave (third-person singular simple present behaves, present participle behaving, simple past and past participle behaved)

  1. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
  2. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
  4. (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • behave oneself

Related terms

  • behavior, behaviour
  • behavioral, behavioural
  • behaviorist, behaviourist
  • behaviorism, behaviourism

Translations

Further reading

  • “behave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “behave”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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