"sell one's body" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sell one's body.ogg [Australia] Forms: sells one's body [present, singular, third-person], selling one's body [participle, present], sold one's body [participle, past], sold one's body [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sell<,,sold> one's body}} sell one's body (third-person singular simple present sells one's body, present participle selling one's body, simple past and past participle sold one's body)
  1. To work as a prostitute. Categories (topical): Prostitution Synonyms: sell one's ass, sell oneself, prostitute oneself Translations (Translations): özünü satmaq (Azerbaijani), bədənini satmaq (Azerbaijani), pula çıxmaq (Azerbaijani), görüşmək [euphemistic] (Azerbaijani), fahişəlik etmək (Azerbaijani), qəhbəlik etmək [vulgar] (Azerbaijani), myydä itseään (Finnish), vendre son corps (French), hooriissa (Ingrian), bläättiä [vulgar] (Ingrian), vendere il suo corpo (Italian), sprzedawać się [imperfective] (Polish), sprzedać się [perfective] (Polish), ganar con su cuerpo (Spanish), vender su cuerpo (Spanish), bedenini satmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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