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    swallow
    /ˈswɒləʊ/

    verb

    noun

    • 1. an act of swallowing something, especially food or drink: "he downed his drink in one swallow"

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  2. SWALLOW definition: 1. to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles…. Learn more.

  3. 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. Synonyms: quaff, imbibe, drink, down, devour, gulp, ingest, eat. Antonyms: void, egest.

  4. The meaning of SWALLOW is any of numerous small widely distributed oscine birds (family Hirundinidae, the swallow family) that have a short bill, long pointed wings, and often a deeply forked tail and that feed on insects caught on the wing.

  5. As a verb, swallow means "to enclose or envelop completely," like quicksand that swallows everything that falls into it. Swallow can also mean "to stop from expressing," like when you swallow your pride and ask for help.

  6. A swallow is a kind of small bird with pointed wings and a forked tail. 6. a bitter pill to swallow. 7. to swallow one's pride. Phrasal verbs: See swallow up. More Synonyms of swallow.

  7. 1. Any of various small graceful swift-flying passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a usually notched or forked tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects. 2. Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.

  8. [transitive] to accept that something is true; to believe something. swallow something I found her excuse very hard to swallow. swallow something + adj. He told her a pack of lies, but she swallowed it whole. feelings. [transitive] swallow something to hide your feelings. to swallow your doubts.

  9. verb. swallowed, swallowing, swallows. To move the muscles of the throat as in swallowing something; specif., to do so under stress of emotion. Webster's New World. To pass (food, drink, etc.) from the mouth through the gullet or esophagus into the stomach, usually by a series of muscular actions in the throat. Webster's New World.

  10. SWALLOW definition: 1. to move your throat in order to make food or drink go down: 2. to make a movement with your…. Learn more.

  11. Definition of swallow noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.