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Self

Pronoun

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1.PronounHimself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
"This argument was put forward by the defendant self."
2.PronounMyself, oneself.
"I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat."
3.NounOne individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
"She remained her usual cheerful self despite recent setbacks"
4.NounThe subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
5.NounAn individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
6.NounSelf-interest or personal advantage.
7.NounA seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
8.NounA flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
9.NounAny molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
10.VerbTo fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate.
11.VerbTo fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.
12.AdjectiveHaving its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.
"a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood; a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour"
13.AdjectiveSame, identical.
"self-coloured"
14.AdjectiveBelonging to oneself; own.
15.AdjectiveOf or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
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