help oneself (English, verb)
expansion: help oneself (third-person singular simple present helps oneself, present participle helping oneself, simple past and past participle helped oneself)
Senses:
glosses: To serve oneself, especially to take food or other supplies, rather than wait to be served by another; used to indicate friendly permission or invitation.
tags: reflexive
glosses: To take something freely; to serve oneself without restraint.
tags: reflexive
glosses: To exhibit self-control.
raw_tags: in the negative
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see help.
Forms:
form: helps oneself
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: helping oneself
tags: participle
present
form: helped oneself
tags: participle
past
form: helped oneself
tags: past