swallow

swal·low ¹

 (swŏl′ō)

v. swal·lowed, swal·low·ing, swal·lows

v.tr.

1. To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.

2. To put up with (something unpleasant): swallowed the insults and kept on working.

3. To refrain from expressing; suppress: swallow one's feelings.

4. To envelop or engulf: a building that was swallowed up by fire.

5. To consume or use up: relief money that was swallowed by administrative costs.

6. Slang To believe without question: swallowed the alibi.

7. To take back; retract: swallow one's words.

8. To say inarticulately; mumble: The actor swallowed his lines.

v.intr.

To perform the act of swallowing.

n.

1. The act of swallowing.

2. An amount swallowed.

3. Nautical The channel through which a rope runs in a block or a mooring chock.

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[Middle English swalowen, from Old English swelgan; see swel- in Indo-European roots.]

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swal′low·er n.

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swal·low ²

 (swŏl′ō)

n.

1. Any of various small graceful swift-flying passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a usually notched or forked tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects.

2. Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.

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[Middle English swalowe, from Old English swealwe.]

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swallow

(ˈswɒləʊ)

vb (mainly tr)

1. (Physiology) to pass (food, drink, etc) through the mouth to the stomach by means of the muscular action of the oesophagus

2. (often foll by up) to engulf or destroy as if by ingestion: Nazi Germany swallowed up several small countries.

3. informal to believe gullibly: he will never swallow such an excuse.

4. to refrain from uttering or manifesting: to swallow one's disappointment.

5. to endure without retaliation

6. to enunciate (words, etc) indistinctly; mutter

7. (often foll by down) to eat or drink reluctantly

8. (Physiology) (intr) to perform or simulate the act of swallowing, as in gulping

9. swallow one's words to retract a statement, argument, etc, often in humiliating circumstances

n

10. (Physiology) the act of swallowing

11. the amount swallowed at any single time; mouthful

12. (Nautical Terms) nautical Also called: crown or throat the opening between the shell and the groove of the sheave of a block, through which the rope is passed

13. (Anatomy) rare another word for throat, gullet

14. rare a capacity for swallowing; appetite

[Old English swelgan; related to Old Norse svelga, Old High German swelgan to swallow, Swedish svalg gullet]

ˈswallowable adj

ˈswallower n

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swallow

(ˈswɒləʊ)

n

1. (Animals) 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.

2. (Breeds) See fairy swallow

[Old English swealwe; related to Old Frisian swale, Old Norse svala, Old High German swalwa]

ˈswallow-ˌlike adj

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swal•low¹

(ˈswɒl oʊ)

v.t.

1. to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action.

2. to take in so as to envelop; assimilate or absorb (often fol. by up): to be swallowed up in a crowd.

3. to accept without question or suspicion.

4. to accept without opposition; put up with.

5. to suppress (emotion, pride, etc.) as if by drawing it down one's throat.

6. to take back; retract: to swallow one's words.

7. to enunciate poorly; mutter: to swallow one's words.

v.i.

8. to perform the act of swallowing.

n.

9. an act or instance of swallowing.

10. a quantity swallowed at one time.

[before 1000; (v.) Middle English swalwen, variant of swelwen, Old English swelgan, c. Old Saxon -swelgan, Old High German swel(a)han, Old Norse svelga]

swal′low•a•ble, adj.

swal′low•er, n.

swal•low²

(ˈswɒl oʊ)

n.

1. any of numerous small, long-winged, fork-tailed songbirds of the family Hirundinidae, noted for their swift, graceful flight and for the extent and regularity of their migrations. Compare barn swallow, martin.

2. any of several unrelated, swallowlike birds, as the chimney swift.

[before 900; Middle English swalwe, Old English swealwe, c. Old Saxon swala, Old High German swal(a)wa, Old Norse svala]

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swal·low

(swŏl′ō)

Any of various small, swift-flying birds that have narrow pointed wings, a forked or notched tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects in the air. Swallows migrate over thousands of miles each year.

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swallow

• glutton - Comes from Latin glutire, "to swallow."
• swallow one's teeth - To retract a statement.
• glut - The amount of liquid swallowed in a gulp.
• bolus, chyme - Bolus is chewed food ready for swallowing, and chyme is swallowed, partially digested food.

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swallow

Past participle: swallowed
Gerund: swallowing

Imperative

swallow

swallow

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swallow - a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale" sup mouthful, taste - a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"
	2.	swallow - the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" deglutition, drink consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) aerophagia - swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence) gulp, swig, draught, draft - a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" sip - a small drink
	3.	swallow - small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus barn swallow, Hirundo rustica, chimney swallow - common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc. cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota - North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls Hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow - of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities Iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow - bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities martin - any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
Verb	1.	swallow - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" get down ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" bolt - swallow hastily
	2.	swallow - engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries" demolish, destroy - defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
	3.	swallow - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" swallow up, eat up, immerse, bury inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
	4.	swallow - utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech" mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
	5.	swallow - take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" unsay, withdraw, take back repudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
	6.	swallow - keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet" repress, suppress - put out of one's consciousness
	7.	swallow - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" live with, accept brook, endure, tolerate, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
	8.	swallow - believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" believe - accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

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swallow

¹

verb

1. eat, down (informal), consume, devour, absorb, hoover (informal), put away (informal), eat up, swig (informal), swill, wash down, ingest, bolt down (informal) Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed it.

2. gulp, drink, sip, sup, swig (informal), guzzle, imbibe, quaff, neck (slang), slurp He took a glass of Scotch and swallowed it down.

3. (Informal) believe, accept, buy (slang), fall for, take (something) as gospel I too found this story a little hard to swallow.

4. suppress, hold in, restrain, contain, overcome, hold back, stifle, repress, smother, muffle, bottle up, bite back, choke back Gordon swallowed the anger he felt.

swallow something or someone up

1. engulf, overwhelmed, overrun, consume Weeds had swallowed up the garden.

2. absorb, assimilate, envelop Wage costs swallow up two-thirds of the turnover.

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swallow

² noun

Related words
adjective hirundine
collective noun flight

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swallow

verb

1. To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:

ingest, take.

2. To put up with:

abide, accept, bear, brook, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, take, tolerate, withstand.

Informal: lump.

Idioms: take it, take it lying down.

3. To do away with completely and destructively.Also used with up:

consume, devour, eat (up), waste.

4. Slang. To regard (something) as true or real:

accept, believe.

Slang: buy.

noun

An act of swallowing:

gulp, ingestion.

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Translations

إبْتِلاع، إزْدِرادبَلْعَةسُنونويَبْتَلِعُيَبْلَع

spolknoutpolknoutpolknutívlaštovkalok

synkesynkebevægelseslugeslurksvale

SchluckenSchwalbefür bare Münze nehmenhinunterschluckenSchluck

καταπίνωχελιδόνιγουλιά

hirundo

engullirgolondrinatragartragotragarse

pääsuke

nielaistanielausnielläpääskynenkulaus

avalerhirondelledéglutitionabsorberaronde

סנונית

gutatigutljajprogutatilastalastavica

fecskenyel

svalagleypa viîkynging, gleypingkyngjalandsvala

rondinedeglutireinghiottireingoiaredivorare

を飲み込む飲み込む飲むこと

삼키다삼킴...을 삼키다

hirundo

kregždė

bezdelīganorīšananorītnoticētpieņemt

slikkenslokinslikken

svelgesvalesvelgingslukesluking

połknąćpołykaćprzełknąćjaskółka

engolirgoleandorinhabocadoconsumir

înghiţi

глотатьласточкаглотокнаглотаться

lastovičkaprehltnúťprehltnutie

lastovicalastovkapožreti

gutatigutljajlastalastavicaгутати

svalasväljaladusvala

กลืนกลืน ดูดกลืน ฝืนทนการกลืน

yutmayutmakyutulmakkanmakanmak

ластівка

nuốtnuốt nước bọtsự nuốt

吞咽咽咽下忍受燕子

swallow

¹ [ˈswɒləʊ]

A. N → trago m
in or with one swallow → de un trago

B. VT

1. [+ food, drink] → tragar; [+ pill] → tomar
to swallow the bait (fig) → tragar el anzuelo

2. (fig) [+ insult] → tragarse
he swallowed the story → se tragó el cuento
he swallowed the lot → se lo tragó todo
to swallow one's words → desdecirse, retractarse
to swallow one's pride → tragarse el orgullo

C. VI → tragar
to swallow hard (fig) → tragar saliva

swallow down VT + ADV → tragar

swallow up VT + ADV [+ savings] → agotar, consumir; [sea] → tragar
the mist swallowed them up → la niebla los envolvió
they were soon swallowed up in the darkness → al poco desaparecieron en la oscuridad or se los tragó la oscuridad
I wish the ground would open and swallow me up! → ¡trágame tierra!

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swallow

² [ˈswɒləʊ]

A. N (= bird) → golondrina f
one swallow doesn't make a summer → una golondrina no hace primavera

B. CPD swallow dive N → salto m del ángel

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swallow

[ˈswɒləʊ]

n

(= bird) → hirondelle f

(= act of swallowing) → déglutition f, fait m d'avaler

vt

[+ food, drink, pill] → avaler

(= believe) → avaler, gober

(= stifle) [+ anger, doubts] → ravaler

vi

(while eating) → avaler

(with nerves, fear) → avaler sa salive

swallow up

vt sep (= cause to disappear) [+ company, money, resources] → engloutir
She was quickly swallowed up in the crowd → Elle fut rapidement engloutie par la foule.
BUT Elle fut rapidement happée par la foule.

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swallow

:

swallow dive

n → Schwalbensprung m

swallowtail

n (= butterfly) → Schwalbenschwanz m

swallow-tailed coat

n → Schwalbenschwanz m

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swallow

¹

n → Schluck m

vt food, drink → (hinunter)schlucken; (fig) story, evidence, insult → schlucken; to swallow one’s tongue (Med) → sich an seiner Zunge verschlucken; to swallow one’s pride → seinen Stolz schlucken; to swallow something whole (lit) → etw ganz schlucken; (fig) → etw ohne weiteres schlucken; that’s a bit hard to swallow → das glaubt ja kein Mensch (inf); to swallow one’s words (= retract) → seine Worte zurücknehmen ? bait

vi → schlucken; to swallow hard (fig) → kräftig schlucken

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swallow

²

n (= bird) → Schwalbe f; one swallow doesn’t make a summer (prov) → eine Schwalbe macht noch keinen Sommer (Prov)

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swallow

¹ [ˈswɒləʊ]

1. n (act) → deglutizione f; (of food) → boccone m; (of drink) → sorso

2. vt (food, drink) → inghiottire, mandar giù, ingoiare (fig) (suppress, anger, resentment) → inghiottire; (believe, story) → bere
to swallow one's pride → mettere il proprio orgoglio sotto i piedi
that's hard to swallow → è difficile crederci
they swallowed it whole! (story) → se la sono bevuta in pieno!

3. vi → inghiottire (fig) he swallowed hard and said ... → con l'emozione che gli serrava la gola ha detto...

swallow up vt + adv (fig) → inghiottire
they were soon swallowed up in the darkness → furono presto inghiottiti dalle tenebre
I wished the ground would open and swallow me up → avrei voluto sprofondare

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swallow

² [ˈswɒləʊ] n → rondine f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

swallow¹

(ˈswoləu) verb

1. to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach. Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow. sluk يَبْلَع (пре)глътвам engolir polknout schlucken sluge; synke καταπίνωtragar, engullir neelama بلعيدن nielaista avaler לִבלוֹעַ निगलना, लीलना gutati, progutati (le)nyel menelan kyngja inghiottire, ingoiare 飲み込む 삼키다 ryti []rīt menelan slikkensvelge, sluke przełykać بلع کول engolir a înghiţi глотать; проглатывать prehltnúť pogoltniti progutati svälja กลืน yutmak 咽下 ковтати, проковтнути نگلنا nuốt 咽下

2. to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest. You'll never get her to swallow that story! sluk, glo يَقْبَل بِدون إعْتِراض преглъщам engolir spolknout für bare Münze nehmen sluge πιστεύω, καταπίνωtragarse alla neelama زود باور كردن niellä avaler “לִבלוֹעַ” बरदाश्त करना, सह लेना lakovjerno povjerovati „bevesz” vmit menelan gleypa við ingoiare; bere うのみにする (거짓말, 모욕 등을) 삼키다 patikėti noticēt; pieņemt terima bulat-bulat slikkensvelge, sluke `kupić` ژر باور کول engolir a înghiţi проглатывать prehltnúť pogoltniti progutati svälja ยอมเชื่อง่าย ๆ yutmak, kanmak 輕信，忍受 стерпіти; проковтнути جھوٹ یا بے عزتی کو بغیر مزاحمت کے قبول کرنا nén, chịu đựng 轻信，忍受

noun

an act of swallowing. sluk إبْتِلاع، إزْدِراد преглъщане trago polknutí; lok das Schlucken synkebevægelse κατάποσηtrago neelamine بلع nielaisu avalement, déglutitionבליעה अबाबील, निगरण, घूंट गला, ग्रास, ग्रसिका हलक gutanje (le)nyelés penelanan kynging, gleyping inghiottimento, deglutizione 飲みこむこと 삼킴 rijimas []rīšana telan het slikken svelging, sluking; munnfull łykanie, łyknięcie بلع trago înghiţitură, deglutiţie глотание prehltnutie požiranje gutanje sväljning, klunk การกลืน yutma, kanma 咽 ковток; ковтання حلق سے نگلنے کا عمل sự nuốt 咽

swallow one's pride

to behave humbly eg by making an apology. sluk jou trots يَتَنازَل عن كِبْرِيائِه ويَعْتَذِر унижавам се humilhar-se odložit pýchu seinen Stolz herunterschlucken bide sin stolthed i sig καταπίνω τον εγωισμό μου tragarse el orgullo oma uhkust alla neelama متواضعانه خواهش كردن niellä ylpeytensä ravaler son amour-propre לְווַתֵר עַל כְּבוֹדוֹ progutati ponos, biti smjeran félreteszi a büszkeségét bersikap merendah kyngja stoltinu, biðjast afsökunar umiliarsi, 我慢する 자존심을 억누르다 nusižeminti, nusileisti norīt lepnumu merendah diri zijn trots opzij zetten bite hodet av all skam schować dumę do kieszeni په متواضع توګه هیله کول humilhar-se a-şi lăsa mândria deo­parte проглотить своё самолюбие prekonať pýchu ponižati se progutati ponos svälja stoltheten กล้ำกลืนยอมรับสิ่งผิดพลาด gururunu yenmek, tükürdüğünü yalamak 拋下面子 проковтнути гордість عاجزانہ برتاؤ کرنا thừa nhận mình đã nói sai 谦逊

swallow up

to cause to disappear completely. She was swallowed up in the crowd. verdwyn in يَتَوارى، يَخْتَفي تماما поглъщам tragar pohltit verschlucken opsluge εξαφανίζω, καταβροχθίζωtragar (millessegi) kaduma, endasse neelama ناپديد شدن hävitä näkyvistä engloutir לְהֵיַעֵלם समाप्त करना progutati, proždrijeti elnyel lenyap umlykja, gleypa inghiottire 見えなくなる 완전히 사라지다 įtraukti, ištirpinti aprīt; pārņemt; apņemt menyerap opslokkenbli oppslukt av, forsvinne helt i pochłaniać ورک کیدل tragar a face să dispară поглощать pohltiť pogoltniti progutati uppsluka ทำให้หายไป yutmak 淹沒 поглинати مکمل طور سے غاءب ہونا nuốt chửng, nuốt gọn 淹没

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swallow²

(ˈswoləu) noun

a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail. swaeltjie سُنونو лястовица andorinha vlaštovka die Schwalbe svale χελιδόνι pääsuke پرستو pääskynen hirondelleסנונית lastavica, lasta fecske burung walet svala rondine つばめ 제비 kregždė bezdelīga layang-layang zwaluwsvalejaskółka پرستو andorinha rân­du­nică ласточка lastovička lastovka lasta svala นกนางแอ่น kırlangıç 燕子 ластівка ایک قسم کا پرندہ chim nhạn 燕子

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swallow

→ بَلْعَة, يَبْتَلِعُ, يَبْلَعُ polknout, polknutí, spolknout slurk, synke hinunterschlucken, schlucken, Schwalbe γουλιά, καταπίνω tragar, trago nielaista, nielaus, niellä avaler, hirondelle gutati, gutljaj, progutati deglutire, inghiottire, rondine を飲み込む, 飲み込む, 飲むこと ...을 삼키다, 삼키다, 삼킴 inslikken, slikken, slok svale, svelge jaskółka, połknąć, przełknąć bocado, consumir, engolir, gole глотать, глоток svala, svälja กลืน, กลืน ดูดกลืน ฝืนทน, การกลืน yutma, yutmak, yutulmak nuốt, nuốt nước bọt, sự nuốt 吞咽

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swal·low

n. trago; deglución;

vt. tragar, deglutir.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

swallow

n trago; dry — trago de saliva; vt tragar, pasar; vi (dry swallow) tragar or pasar saliva; Swallow, please..Trague (Pase) saliva, por favor.

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