"occupy oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: occupies oneself [present, singular, third-person], occupying oneself [participle, present], occupied oneself [participle, past], occupied oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} occupy oneself (third-person singular simple present occupies oneself, present participle occupying oneself, simple past and past participle occupied oneself)
  1. (reflexive) To keep busy by doing something Tags: reflexive Translations (keep busy by doing something): okupiĝi (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-occupy_oneself-en-verb-4UEmXwCF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'keep busy by doing something': 99 1
  2. (reflexive, euphemistic) To masturbate Tags: euphemistic, reflexive
    Sense id: en-occupy_oneself-en-verb-ayH4MQp- Categories (other): English euphemisms
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