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swal·low¹ (sw

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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.

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.

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

swallow·er n.

swal·low² (sw

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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 and noted for their regular migrations in large numbers, often over long distances.

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

[Middle English swalowe, from Old English swealwe.]

swallow¹

vb (mainly tr)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (intr) to perform or simulate the act of swallowing, as in gulping

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

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the act of swallowing

2. the amount swallowed at any single time; mouthful

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Also called crown throat Nautical the opening between the shell and the groove of the sheave of a block, through which the rope is passed

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Rare another word for throat, gullet

5. Rare a capacity for swallowing; appetite

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

swallowable adj

swallower n

swallow²

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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 Related adj hirundine

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) See fairy swallow

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

swallow-like adj

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

swallow¹

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.

swallow² noun

Related words
adjective hirundine
collective noun flight

Translations

swallow¹ [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!

swallow² [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

swallow [ˈswɒləʊ]

(= bird) → hirondelle f

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

[+ food, drink, pill] → avaler

(= believe) → avaler, gober

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

(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.

swallow:

swallow dive

n → Schwalbensprung m

swallowtail

n (= butterfly) → Schwalbenschwanz m

swallow-tailed coat

n → Schwalbenschwanz m

swallow¹

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

swallow²

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

swallow¹ [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

swallow¹ [ˈswɒləʊ]

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

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

swallow² [ˈswɒləʊ] n → rondine f

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 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 (거짓말, 모욕 등을) 삼키다 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

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 삼킴 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 억누르다 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 완전히 사라지다 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

swallow²

n swallow [ˈswoləu]

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

swallow → طائر السنونو, يبتلع, يَبْلع polknout, spolknout, vlaštovka synke, synkebevægelse hinunterschlucken, schlucken, Schwalbe καταπίνω, χελιδόνι golondrina, tragar nielaista, nielaus, niellä avaler, hirondelle gutati, gutljaj, zatomiti deglutire, inghiottire, rondine を飲み込む, 飲み込む, 飲むこと ...을 삼키다, 삼키다, 제비 inslikken, slikken, zwaluw svale, svelge jaskółka, połknąć, przełknąć bocado, consumir, engolir глотать, глоток svala, svälja กล้ำกลืน, กลืน ดูดกลืน ฝืนทน, การกลืนน้ำลาย yutma, yutmak, yutulmak nuốt, nuốt nước bọt, sự nuốt 吞咽, 燕子

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