swallow
IPA: swˈɑɫoʊ
noun
- (archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
- (archaic) The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.
- The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
- (nautical) The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
- (Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
- A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.
- A surname.
- A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1703).
verb
- (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
- (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
- (intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
- (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
- (intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
- (transitive) To retract; to recant.
- (transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
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Examples of "swallow" in Sentences
- This is hard to swallow truth.
- They were reluctant to swallow.
- The boy swallowed gum by accident.
- The rest of the load was swallowed.
- The sage swallowed the river in a gulp.
- It's the nostalgia that's hard to swallow.
- He blanched and swallowed and turned away.
- The smaller the opposition, the easier to swallow them.
- In the human body it is controlled by the swallowing reflex.
- This channel was doubtless the original access to the swallow.