"pleasure oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pleasure oneself.wav [US] Forms: pleasures oneself [present, singular, third-person], pleasuring oneself [participle, present], pleasured oneself [participle, past], pleasured oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pleasure oneself (third-person singular simple present pleasures oneself, present participle pleasuring oneself, simple past and past participle pleasured oneself)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pleasure, oneself.
    Sense id: en-pleasure_oneself-en-verb-xobl0vOs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. (idiomatic) To masturbate. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pleasure_oneself-en-verb-~E9p9hIT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

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