ALL meanings of swallow
swal·low
S s - transitive verb swallow ingest: food, drink 1
- intransitive verb swallow gulp 1
- noun swallow bird 1
- transitive verb swallow accept 1
- transitive verb swallow believe 1
- verb with object swallow to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances. 1
- verb with object swallow to take in so as to envelop; withdraw from sight; assimilate or absorb: He was swallowed by the crowd. 1
- verb with object swallow to accept without question or suspicion. 1
- verb with object swallow to accept without opposition; put up with: to swallow an insult. 1
- verb with object swallow to accept for lack of an alternative: Consumers will have to swallow new price hikes. 1
- verb with object swallow to suppress (emotion, a laugh, a sob, etc.) as if by drawing it down one's throat. 1
- verb with object swallow to take back; retract: to swallow one's words. 1
- verb with object swallow to enunciate poorly; mutter: He swallowed his words. 1
- verb without object swallow to perform the act of swallowing. 1
- noun swallow any of numerous small, long-winged passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, noted for their swift, graceful flight and for the extent and regularity of their migrations. Compare bank swallow, barn swallow, martin. 1
- noun swallow any of several unrelated, swallowlike birds, as the chimney swift. 1
- verb swallow If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach. 0
- verb swallow Swallow is also a noun. 0
- verb swallow If you swallow, you make a movement in your throat as if you are swallowing something, often because you are nervous or frightened. 0
- verb swallow If someone swallows a story or a statement, they believe it completely. 0
- verb swallow If you swallow your feelings, you do not express them, although you want to very much. 0
- countable noun swallow A swallow is a kind of small bird with pointed wings and a forked tail. 0
- verb swallow to pass (food, drink, etc) through the mouth to the stomach by means of the muscular action of the oesophagus 0
- verb swallow to engulf or destroy as if by ingestion 0
- verb swallow to believe gullibly 0
- verb swallow to refrain from uttering or manifesting 0
- verb swallow to endure without retaliation 0
- verb swallow to enunciate (words, etc) indistinctly; mutter 0
- verb swallow to eat or drink reluctantly 0
- verb swallow to perform or simulate the act of swallowing, as in gulping 0
- noun swallow the act of swallowing 0
- noun swallow the amount swallowed at any single time; mouthful 0
- noun swallow the opening between the shell and the groove of the sheave of a block, through which the rope is passed 0
- noun swallow a capacity for swallowing; appetite 0
- noun swallow any passerine songbird of the family Hirundinidae, esp Hirundo rustica (common or barn swallow), having long pointed wings, a forked tail, short legs, and a rapid flight 0
- verb transitive swallow to pass (food, drink, etc.) from the mouth through the gullet or esophagus into the stomach, usually by a series of muscular actions in the throat 0
- verb transitive swallow to take in; absorb; engulf; envelop 0
- verb transitive swallow to take back (words said); retract; withdraw 0
- verb transitive swallow to put up with; tolerate; bear humbly 0
- verb transitive swallow to refrain from expressing; hold back; suppress 0
- verb transitive swallow to utter (words) indistinctly 0
- verb transitive swallow to accept as true without question; receive gullibly 0
- intransitive verb swallow to move the muscles of the throat as in swallowing something; specif., to do so under stress of emotion 0
- noun swallow the amount swallowed at one time 0
- noun swallow the throat or gullet 0
- noun swallow the opening in a block or pulley through which the rope runs 0
- noun swallow any of a family (Hirundinidae) of small, swift-flying, insect-eating passerine birds with long, pointed wings and a forked tail, including the barn swallow and purple martin: most species migrate, often between widely separated summer and winter homes 0
- noun swallow any of various birds resembling swallows, as certain swifts 0