swallow

swal·low ¹  (swl)

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 consume or destroy as if by ingestion; devour: a building that was swallowed up by fire.

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

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

7. 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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swallow·er n.

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swallow ¹

Verb

1. to pass (food, drink, etc.) through the mouth and gullet to the stomach

2. Informal to believe (something) trustingly: I was supposed to swallow the lie

3. not to show: I believe they should swallow their pride

4. to make a gulping movement in the throat, such as when nervous

5. to put up with (an insult) without answering back

6. be swallowed up to be taken into and made a part of something: the old centre was being swallowed up by new estates

Noun

1. the act of swallowing

2. the amount swallowed at any single time; mouthful [Old English swelgan]

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swallow ²

Noun

a small migratory bird with long pointed wings and a forked tail [Old English swealwe]

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

verb 1. eat, down (informal) consume, devour, absorb, swig (informal) swill, wash down, ingest

verb 2. gulp, drink

verb 3. (Informal) believe, accept, buy (slang) fall for, take (something) as gospel

verb 4. suppress, hold in, restrain, contain, hold back, stifle, repress, bottle up, bite back, choke back

swallow something or someone up

1. engulf, overwhelmed, overrun, consume

2. absorb, assimilate, envelop

Translations

swallow [ˈswɔləu] n (bird) → golondrina; [of food] → bocado; [of drink] → trago

vt → tragar

swallow up vt [+ savings etc] → consumir

swallow [ˈswɔləu] n (= bird) → hirondelle f [of food etc]; gorgée f

vt → avaler (fig) [+ story]; gober

swallow up vt → engloutir

swallow [ˈswɔləu] n (bird) → Schwalbe f;

(of food, drink etc) → Schluck m

vt → (herunter)schlucken (fig) (story, insult, one's pride) → schlucken;

to swallow one's words (speak indistinctly) → seine Worte verschlucken;

(retract) → alles zurücknehmen

swallow up swallow vt → verschlingen

swallow [ˈswɔləu] n (bird) → rondine f [of food] → boccone m [of drink] → sorso

vt → inghiottire;

(fig) [+ story]; bere

swallow up vt → inghiottire

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swallow¹

v swallow [ˈswoləu]

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 polknout sluge; synke schlucken καταπίνω tragar, engullir neelama بلعيدن nielaista avaler לִבלוֹעַ निगलना, लीलना gutati, progutati (le)nyel menelan kyngja inghiottire, ingoiare 飲み込む (...을) 삼키다 ryti []rīt menelan slikken svelge, sluke przełykać 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 spolknout sluge für bare Münze nehmen πιστεύω, καταπίνω (μτφ.) tragarse alla neelama زود باور كردن niellä mukisematta avaler “לִבלוֹעַ” बरदाश्त करना, सह लेना lakovjerno povjerovati „bevesz” vmit menelan gleypa við ingoiare; bere うのみにする ...을 (의심·이의 없이) 받아들이다 patikėti noticēt; pieņemt terima bulat-bulat slikken svelge, sluke (rått) `kupić` 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

n

an act of swallowing. sluk إبْتِلاع، إزْدِراد преглъщане polknutí; lok synkebevægelse das Schlucken κατάποση trago neelamine بلع nielaisu avalement, déglutition בְּלִיעָה अबाबील, निगरण, घूंट गला, ग्रास, ग्रसिका हलक gutanje (le)nyelés penelanan kynging, gleyping inghiottimento, deglutizione 飲みこむこと 삼키기 rijimas []rīšana telan het slikken svelging, sluking; munnfull łykanie, łyknięcie 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 odložit pýchu bide sin stolthed i sig seinen Stolz herunterschlucken 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, (abbassare la cresta) 我慢する 자존심을 굽히다 nusižeminti, nusileisti norīt lepnumu merendah diri zijn trots opzij zetten bite hodet av all skam schować dumę do kieszeni humilhar-se a-şi lăsa mândria deo­parte проглотить своё самолюбие prekonať pýchu ponižati se progutati ponos svälja stoltheten กล้ำกลืนยอมรับสิ่งผิดพลาด gururunu yenmek, tükürdüğünü yalamak 謙遜 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 pohltit opsluge verschlucken εξαφανίζω, καταβροχθίζω (μτφ.) tragar (millessegi) kaduma, endasse neelama ناپديد شدن nielaista engloutir לְהֵיַעֵלם समाप्त करना progutati, proždrijeti elnyel lenyap umlykja, gleypa inghiottire 見えなくなる 사라져 버리게 하다 įtraukti, ištirpinti aprīt; pārņemt; apņemt menyerap opslokken bli oppslukt av, forsvinne helt i pochłaniać 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