Oneself vs Chimney - What's the difference?
oneself | chimney |
The person, previously mentioned.
A person's self - a general form of himself, herself or yourself
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydro-carbon based fuels); a flue.
* 1883:
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
(British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (sense #4) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
As a pronoun oneself
is the person, previously mentioned.As a noun chimney is
a vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydro-carbon based fuels); a flue.As a verb chimney is
(climbing) to negotiate a chimney (sense #4) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.oneself
English
Pronoun
- One can teach oneself to do this.
- Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.
Usage notes
This pronoun can be used for emphasis or to make a verb reflexive.Synonyms
* one's selfDerived terms
* be oneself * by oneselfSee also
(English personal pronouns)See also
* * self English third person pronounschimney
English
(wikipedia chimney)Noun
(en noun)- Our chimney was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.