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swallow
1[ swol-oh ]
verb (used with object)
- to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
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- to take in so as to envelop; withdraw from sight; assimilate or absorb:
He was swallowed by the crowd.
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- to accept without opposition; put up with:
to swallow an insult.
- to accept for lack of an alternative:
Consumers will have to swallow new price hikes.
- to suppress (emotion, a laugh, a sob, etc.) as if by drawing it down one's throat.
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- to take back; retract:
to swallow one's words.
- to enunciate poorly; mutter:
He swallowed his words.
verb (used without object)
- to perform the act of swallowing.
noun
- the act or an instance of swallowing.
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- a quantity swallowed at one time; a mouthful:
Take one swallow of brandy.
- capacity for swallowing.
swallow
2[ swol-oh ]
noun
- any of numerous small, long-winged passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, noted for their swift, graceful flight and for the extent and regularity of their migrations. Compare bank swallow ( def ), barn swallow ( def ), martin ( def ).
- any of several unrelated, swallowlike birds, as the chimney swift.
swallow
1/ ˈɒəʊ /
verb
- to pass (food, drink, etc) through the mouth to the stomach by means of the muscular action of the oesophagus
- often foll by up to engulf or destroy as if by ingestion
Nazi Germany swallowed up several small countries
- informal.to believe gullibly
he will never swallow such an excuse
- to refrain from uttering or manifesting
to swallow one's disappointment
- to endure without retaliation
- to enunciate (words, etc) indistinctly; mutter
- often foll by down to eat or drink reluctantly
- intr to perform or simulate the act of swallowing, as in gulping
- swallow one's wordsto retract a statement, argument, etc, often in humiliating circumstances
swallow
2/ ˈɒəʊ /
noun
- any passerine songbird of the family Hirundinidae, esp Hirundo rustica ( common or barn swallow ), having long pointed wings, a forked tail, short legs, and a rapid flight hirundine
- See fairy swallow
Derived Forms
- ˈɲǷɱ, noun
- ˈɲǷɲ, adjective
- ˈɲǷ-ˌ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɲlǷ·· adjective
- ɲlǷ· noun
- un·ɲlǷ·· adjective
- ܲ·ɲlǷɱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of swallow1
Origin of swallow2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of swallow1
Origin of swallow2
Idioms and Phrases
- bitter pill to swallow
Example Sentences
In the U.S. two-party system, it has swallowed one of the two existing parties, usurping the role of conservatism and exploiting traditional party loyalties.
Japan, where the gaming company is based, has been hit with a 24% tariff - a cost which the firm must swallow or pass onto consumers.
He's talking about really old-fashioned, 19th century imperialism — wars of aggression and swallowing up smaller countries or less powerful countries.
The Westminster bill would not allow doctors to give a lethal dose – rather patients would have to self-administer the drugs, usually by swallowing them.
Half an hour after arriving at Wayne's house, I watch him swallow three anti-nausea tablets, designed to minimise the risk of him vomiting the lethal medication he plans to take shortly.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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