| self | |
| 1. pron. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned). | |
| This argument was put forward by the defendant self. | |
| 2. pron. (commercial or humorous) Myself. | |
| I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat. | |
| 3. n. The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts. | |
| 4. n. An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves). | |
| 5. n. (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs). | |
| 6. n. (molecular biology, immunology) 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, allogen | |
| 7. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate. | |
| 8. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed. | |
| 9. adj. Having its own or a single nature or character, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed. | |
| a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood | |
| a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour | |
| 10. adj. (obsolete) Same. | |
| 11. adj. (molecular biology, immunology) 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 | |
