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nounthe act of swallowing
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verbtolerate or accommodate oneself to
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verbenclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
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verbtake back what one has said
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verbpass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
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nouna small amount of liquid food
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verbbelieve or accept without questioning or challengetype of:
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verbengulf and destroy
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verbkeep from expressing
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nounsmall long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrationstype of:
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verbutter indistinctly
Examples of swallow
- "one swallow of the liquid was enough"
- "I swallowed the insult"
- "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
- "He swallowed his words"
- "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
- "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
- "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
- "She swallowed the last words of her speech"