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swallow

('sw/A/l/oU/ )

a small amount of liquid food(noun.food)

Synonym:
sup

source: wordnet30
the act of swallowing(noun.act)

Example:
One swallow of the liquid was enough.

Synonym:
deglutition, drink

source: wordnet30
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.(noun)

source: webster1913
The act of swallowing.(noun)

source: webster1913

pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking(verb.consumption)

Example:
Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!.

Synonym:
get down

source: wordnet30
engulf and destroy(verb.competition)

Example:
The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries.

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enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing(verb.contact)

Example:
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter.

Synonym:
bury, eat up, immerse, swallow up

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utter indistinctly(verb.communication)

Example:
She swallowed the last words of her speech.

Synonym:
slur

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take back what one has said(verb.communication)

Example:
He swallowed his words.

Synonym:
take back, unsay, withdraw

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keep from expressing(verb.cognition)

Example:
I swallowed my anger and kept quiet.

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tolerate or accommodate oneself to(verb.cognition)

Example:
I swallowed the insult.

Synonym:
accept, live with

source: wordnet30
believe or accept without questioning or challenge(verb.cognition)

Example:
Am I supposed to swallow that story?.

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To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.(verb)

source: webster1913
To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.(verb)

source: webster1913