| act |
to behave or conduct oneself in a particular manner. [3/14 definitions] |
| act up |
to behave in a bad or mischievous way; misbehave. [1/2 definitions] |
| bow and scrape |
to behave with too much politeness. |
| brat |
a child who is spoiled or does not behave. |
| carry on |
to behave, especially verbally, in a foolish or silly way. [1/2 definitions] |
| chaperone |
an adult who goes along with young people in a social situation to make sure they behave properly and are safe. |
| comport |
to behave or bear (oneself) in a particular way. [1/2 definitions] |
| conduct |
to behave or manage. [1/5 definitions] |
| cringe |
to behave with servility; fawn. [1/3 definitions] |
| deal1 |
to act or behave toward other people [1/6 definitions] |
| demean2 |
to behave or conduct (oneself) in a certain way. |
| discipline |
training of the body or mind to behave in a certain way. [1/2 definitions] |
| disport |
to behave or display (oneself) sportively. [1/4 definitions] |
| do1 |
to behave or act. [1/12 definitions] |
| ethics |
issues or questions of right and wrong in connection with the way humans behave, or the branch of philosophy that is concerned with these types of issues and questions. [1/2 definitions] |
| fool around |
to behave in a silly way. |
| get one's act together |
(informal) to behave more responsibly. |
| handle |
to behave or operate in a certain way when used. [1/5 definitions] |
| lewd |
tending to behave in an obsessively sexual and offensive manner. [1/2 definitions] |
| lobotomize |
to cause to behave in a lifeless, unfeeling, robotlike way. [1/2 definitions] |
| lord |
to behave in a conceited, overbearing manner toward someone; domineer (usu. fol. by "over"). [1/6 definitions] |