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lex_filenum |
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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
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Frame - 2 |
Somebody ----s |
Frame - 7 |
Somebody ----s Adjective |
Outgoing links |
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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<def>behave in a certain manner<def/>
<def>show a certain behavior<def/>
<def>conduct or comport oneself<def/>
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