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behaved

Saybi-HAYVD/bɪˈheɪvd/

2 meanings of behaved

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of behave. Use this form for something that already happened.

    The children behaved well during the long ceremony.

    She behaved kindly toward the nervous new student.

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  2. 2
    adjectivein compounds
    Acting in a certain way, shown by a word in front like 'well' or 'badly'.

    The well-behaved children sat quietly through the whole show.

    Their poorly-behaved puppy chewed up every shoe in the house.

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behaved is a form of behave

behave, verb: To act in a polite, well-mannered way, especially around other people. Full entry

Forms
behavebehaves he/she/itbehaving -ing formbehaved past tense, past participle
Spelling
behave → behaved: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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