n.

1. 自身，自己；自我[C][U]
   Much importance is attached to the development of the individual self.

   十分重視個人自身的發展。

2. 本性的一面，本質[C]
   She hates her former self.

   她痛恨過去的她。

3. 私利，私心[U]
   He never has any thought of self.

   他從不考慮個人得失。

4. 【商】本人[U]

a.

1. 同種的，同類的
2. 單色的

n.

a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action.

pron.

1. (one's self) used ironically to refer in specified favourable terms to oneself or someone else:
   a picture of my good self.
2. used on counterfoils, cheques, and other papers to refer to the holder or person who has signed.

adj.

(of a trimming, woven design, etc.) of the same material or colour as the rest.

v.

chiefly Botany  self-pollinate; self-fertilize.