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Definitions of swallow
  1. noun
    the act of swallowing
    "one swallow of the liquid was enough"

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  2. verb
    tolerate or accommodate oneself to
    "I swallowed the insult"

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  3. verb
    enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
  4. verb
    take back what one has said
    "He swallowed his words"

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  5. verb
    pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

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  6. noun
    a small amount of liquid food

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  7. verb
    believe or accept without questioning or challenge
    "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
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  8. verb
    engulf and destroy
    "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
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  9. verb
    keep from expressing
    "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
  10. noun
    small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
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  11. verb
    utter indistinctly
    "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
Definition that contains swallow
  • bolt swallow hastily
  • sand martin swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
  • bank martin swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
  • aerophagia swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence)
  • bank swallow swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
  • family hirundinidae swallows and martins
  • riparia riparia swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
  • hirundinidae swallows and martins
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