plural pron. 1 an emphatic form of them or they; 2 a reflexive form of they used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition
The students were not happy with themselves.
The students were not happy with themselves.
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Why did a group of men name themselves the minutemen?
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Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely.
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How did the Spaniah captain get the Jewish people to identify themselves once the Dutch ship had been captured?
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What did the astronauts have to do to keep themselves from floating away in the space craft?
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How did David's parents change themselves back to being ugly?
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How do bats feed themselves and on what?
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Flagellates propel themselves with flagellum.
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The youngsters disported themselves happily at the lake.
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How do Stephen and his father identify themselves and their line of work?
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The troops will entrench themselves for the battle.
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Why did the mountain lion and the longhorn sheep consider themselves fortunate?
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Paige, Jules, Gabe, and Long refer to themselves as:
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What did Mama suggest they do to cheer themselves up?
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What did the kids call themselves when they were trying to get infor- mation from the expedition team?
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emphatic form of them; emphatic form of they; reflexive form of they
form of I
2 syllables
them-selves
delves
elves
selves
shelves
yourselves
ourselves
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