act (v)
behave (v)
do#9 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 29
def behave in a certain manner
def show a certain behavior
def conduct or comport oneself
examples You should act like an adult
Don't behave like a fool
What makes her do this way?
The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 7 Somebody ----s Adjective
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Verb Group act, play, act as; dissemble, pretend, act
Also see act → act up
Hyponym act involuntarily, act reflexively; fall over backwards, bend over backwards; presume; vulgarize, vulgarise; optimize, optimise; quack; menace; make; swagger, bluster, swash; freeze; wanton; romanticize; sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise; bungle; play, toy; act, play, act as; stooge; joke, jest; piffle; make; make as if; break down, lose it, snap; dally, dawdle; backslap; hugger mugger; sauce; footle; frivol, trifle; swell, puff up; follow; relax, loosen up; ramp, rage, storm
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Hypernym act involuntarily, act reflexively; fall over backwards, bend over backwards; presume; vulgarize, vulgarise; optimize, optimise; quack; menace; make; swagger, bluster, swash; freeze; wanton; romanticize; sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise; bungle; play, toy; act, play, act as; stooge; joke, jest; piffle; make; make as if; break down, lose it, snap; dally, dawdle; backslap; hugger mugger; sauce; footle; frivol, trifle; swell, puff up; follow; relax, loosen up; ramp, rage, storm
Verb Group act, play, act as; dissemble, pretend, act

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