swallow
see also: Swallow
Pronunciation Verb
Swallow
Proper noun
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see also: Swallow
Pronunciation Verb
swallow (swallows, present participle swallowing; past and past participle swallowed)
- (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4:
- What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.
- 2011, Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, 21 Apr 2011:
- Clothes are to be worn and food is to be swallowed: they remain trapped in the physical world.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4:
- (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb. [from 13th c.]
- a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, OCLC 6963663 ↗:
- The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time.
- 2010, "What are the wild waves saying", The Economist, 28 Oct 2010:
- His body, like so many others swallowed by the ocean’s hungry maw, was never found.
- (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. [from 18th c.]
- My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
- (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept. [from 16th c.]
- Though that story […] be not so readily swallowed.
- 2011, Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian, 22 Apr 2011:
- Americans swallowed his tale because they wanted to.
- (intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
- 1715, Homer; [Alexander] Pope, transl., “Book preface”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: Printed by W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates, OCLC 670734254 ↗:
- (transitive) To retract; to recant.
- to swallow one's opinions
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene i]:
- Left her in her tears, and dried not one of them with his comfort; swallowed his vows whole
- (transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
- to swallow an affront or insult
- (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach) consume, devour, eat, gulp
- (to take in) absorb, assimilate, engulf, incorporate, swallow up, overwhelm; see also Thesaurus:integrate
- (to make muscular contractions of the oesophagus) gulp
- (to believe or accept) buy, creed, credit
- (to engross) absorb, engage, immerse,monopolize, take over, occupy
- (to retract) disavow, take back, unsay; See also Thesaurus:recant
- (to put up with) brook, endure, live with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
- French: avaler
- German: schlucken
- Italian: inghiottire, ingerire, mandare giù
- Portuguese: engolir, deglutir
- Russian: глота́ть
- Spanish: tragar (common use), engullir (in common case with very hungry), deglutir (formal), ingurgitar
- French: avaler, digérer
- German: schlucken, akzeptieren
- Italian: accettare, crederci, mandare giù
- Portuguese: engolir
- Spanish: comérselo, tragar
swallow
- (archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
- The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
- He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.
- (Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
- Portuguese: gole, engolida
- Russian: глото́к
swallow (plural swallows)
- 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.
- (nautical) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
- (bird of Hirundinidae) martin
- (bird of Hirundinidae) martlet (type of feetless bird in heraldry)
- French: hirondelle
- German: Schwalbe
- Italian: rondine
- Portuguese: andorinha
- Russian: ла́сточка
- Spanish: golondrina
Swallow
Proper noun
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