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Quick definitions from WordNet (swallow)
▸ noun: the act of swallowing ("One swallow of the liquid was enough")
▸ noun: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
▸ noun: a small amount of liquid food
▸ verb: believe or accept without questioning or challenge ("Am I supposed to swallow that story?")
▸ verb: keep from expressing ("I swallowed my anger and kept quiet")
▸ verb: take back what one has said ("He swallowed his words")
▸ verb: utter indistinctly ("She swallowed the last words of her speech")
▸ verb: engulf and destroy ("The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries")
▸ verb: pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking ("Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!")
▸ verb: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing ("The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter")
▸ verb: tolerate or accommodate oneself to ("I swallowed the insult")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #9498)
▸ Also see swallows
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to swallow
▸ Usage examples for swallow
▸ Idioms related to swallow (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing swallow
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▸ Rhymes of swallow
▸ Invented words related to swallow
▸ noun: the act of swallowing ("One swallow of the liquid was enough")
▸ noun: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
▸ noun: a small amount of liquid food
▸ verb: believe or accept without questioning or challenge ("Am I supposed to swallow that story?")
▸ verb: keep from expressing ("I swallowed my anger and kept quiet")
▸ verb: take back what one has said ("He swallowed his words")
▸ verb: utter indistinctly ("She swallowed the last words of her speech")
▸ verb: engulf and destroy ("The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries")
▸ verb: pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking ("Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!")
▸ verb: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing ("The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter")
▸ verb: tolerate or accommodate oneself to ("I swallowed the insult")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #9498)
▸ Also see swallows
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to swallow
▸ Usage examples for swallow
▸ Idioms related to swallow (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing swallow
▸ Words that often appear near swallow
▸ Rhymes of swallow
▸ Invented words related to swallow