self

1. self (pron) — sense 1

Definition: Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).

Example: This argument was put forward by the defendant self.

2. self (pron) — sense 2

Definition: Myself, oneself.

Example: I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.

3. self (noun) — sense 3

Definition: One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.

Example: She remained her usual cheerful self despite recent setbacks

4. self (noun) — sense 4

Definition: The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.

Example: Portia:
To these injunctions every one doth swear
That comes to hazard for my worthless self.

5. self (noun) — sense 5

Definition: An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).

Example: The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.

6. self (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate.

7. self (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.

8. self (adj) — sense 8

Definition: Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.

Example: a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood

9. self (adj) — sense 9

Definition: Same, identical.

Example: self-coloured

10. self (adj) — sense 10

Definition: Belonging to oneself; own.