used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person or thing mentioned

they can't handle their own children

the kitten is currently chasing her own tail

I was an outcast among my own kind

something that belongs to the person or thing mentioned

your life is your own

his face was inches from her own

the Church would look after its own

have (something) as one's own; possess

his father owns a restaurant

a state-owned company

admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way

she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy

he was reluctant to own that he was indebted

utterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of

yeah right, she totally owned you, man