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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 yvlog Forms
- ɲlǷ·· adjective
- ɲlǷ· noun
- un·ɲlǷ·· adjective
- ܲ·ɲlǷɱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of swallow1
Origin of swallow2
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of swallow1
Origin of swallow2
Idioms and Phrases
- bitter pill to swallow
Example Sentences
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.
And in the last gasps of a season that once seemed destined for something special, that was a particularly difficult pill for Smith and her teammates to swallow.
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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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