Behave and Serve

Behave

Behave verb - To manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way.

Serve and behave are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Serve" instead a verb "Behave".

Nearby Words: behavior, behaving

Serve

Serve verb - To be a servant for.

Behave and serve are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Behave" instead a verb "Serve".

Nearby Words: service, served, serving

Common collocations

good behave good serve good
kind behave kind serve kind
time behave time serve time
way behave way serve way
Other words: evil, anyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • Drill Sergeant Nasty The film was produced in response to a scandal over a training mishap where several Marine recruits died, and was shown to Marine Drill Instructors to serve as an example of how they should behave.
  • Joab goes to his uncle and tells him to man up and behave like a king should, stop crying like a child and criticizes him to the face how he constantly constantly shows goodwill to people who try to harm him while showing no gratitude to those who faithfully serve him.
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