Sekirov Dictionary

self

/ˈsɛlf/

noun 7
adjective 4
pronoun 2
verb 2
forms 4
phrases 4

noun7

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The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
- Portia: To these injunctions every one doth swear That comes to hazard for my worthless self. — 1596
•
someone's usual character and mood, as the people around them know it
- She remained her usual cheerful self despite recent setbacks
An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
Self-interest or personal advantage.
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).
A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.

adjective4

Of 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).
•
Having 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 flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour
(no longer used) Belonging to oneself; own.
•
(no longer used) Same, identical.
- self-coloured

pronoun2

•
(humorous) Myself, oneself.
- I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
•
(no longer used, rare) Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
- This argument was put forward by the defendant self.

verb2

To fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate.
To fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.

forms

selfed · selfing · selfs · selves

Phrases with self

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