swallow

swallow: [[t]swɒ̱loʊ[/t]]
swallows, swallowing, swallowed

1) VERB If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach.

[V n] You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B...

Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed.

N-COUNT

Swallow is also a noun. Jan lifted her glass and took a quick swallow.

2) VERB If you swallow, you make a movement in your throat as if you are swallowing something, often because you are nervous or frightened.

Nancy swallowed hard and shook her head.

3) VERB If someone swallows a story or a statement, they believe it completely.

[V n] They cast doubt on his words when it suited their case, but swallowed them whole when it did not...

[V n] I too found this story a little hard to swallow.

4) VERB If you swallow your feelings, you do not express them, although you want to very much.

[V n] Gordon has swallowed the anger he felt...

[V n] He flashed me a quick grin but rapidly swallowed it when he saw my expression.

Syn:

stifle

5) N-COUNT A swallow is a kind of small bird with pointed wings and a forked tail.

6) a bitter pill to swallow → see pill

to swallow one's pride → see pride

Phrasal Verbs:

- swallow up

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Synonyms:

Take into the stomach, gulp, imbibe, gorge, engorge, englut, Throat, gullet, aesophagus / Absorb, engulf, devour, swallow up, submerge, Voracity, gluttonous appetite / Believe (without scruple), receive implicitly, accept as true, credit, Taste, relish, inclination, liking, palate / Brook, stomach, pocket, endure, bear, put up with, stand, submit to, Mouthful, taste, little drink, draught / Renounce, retract, recant, take back / Consume, exhaust, waste, use up / Engross, appropriate, arrogate / Occupy, employ, use up, consume / Engross, engage completely

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Swallow — (englisch für „Schwalbe“) steht für: eine ehemalige britische Automarke, siehe Swallow (Automarke) eine Lokomotive der Great Western Railway, siehe Swallow (Lokomotive) den IATA Code für Air Southwest den Fahrzeughersteller Swallow Sidecars,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Swallow — Swal low, n. [OE. swalowe, AS. swalewe, swealwe; akin to D. zwaluw, OHG. swalawa, G. schwalbe, Icel. & Sw. svala, Dan. svale.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family {Hirundinid[ae]}, especially one of those… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swallow — swal‧low [ˈswɒləʊ ǁ ˈswɑːloʊ] verb [transitive] 1. to accept something unpleasant: • Car dealers are sceptical that customers will swallow the price increases. 2. if an activity swallows a lot of time or money, it takes that length of time or… … Financial and business terms
Swallow — Swal low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swallowing}.] [OE. swolewen, swolwen, swolhen, AS. swelgan; akin to D. zwelgen, OHG. swelahan, swelgan, G. schwelgen to feast, to revel, Icel. svelgia to swallow, SW. sv[ a]lja, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swallow — Ⅰ. swallow [1] ► VERB 1) cause or allow (food, drink, etc.) to pass down the throat. 2) use the throat muscles as if doing this, especially through fear or nervousness. 3) (often swallow up) take in and cause to disappear; engulf. 4) believe (an… … English terms dictionary
swallow — swallow1 [swä′lō] n. [ME swalwe < OE swealwe, akin to Ger schwalbe, ON svala, swallow, & prob. Russ solovyej, Czech slavík, nightingale] 1. any of a family (Hirundinidae) of small, swift flying, insect eating passerine birds with long, pointed … English World dictionary
Swallow — Swal low, n. 1. The act of swallowing. [1913 Webster] 2. The gullet, or esophagus; the throat. [1913 Webster] 3. Taste; relish; inclination; liking. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] I have no swallow for it. Massinger. [1913 Webster] 4. Capacity for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Swallow — Swal low, v. i. To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swallow — [v1] consume absorb, belt*, bolt*, chugalug*, devour, dispatch, dispose, down, drink, drop, eat, gobble, gulp, imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, put away, quaff, sip, slurp, swig, swill, take, toss, wash down*, wolf; concept 169 Ant. expel,… … New thesaurus
swallow — index consume, endure (suffer), tolerate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary

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