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swill
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swill  (swl)
v. swilled, swill·ing, swills
v.tr.
1. To drink greedily or grossly: "Unshaven horsemen swill the great wines of the Chateaux" W.H. Auden.
2. To flood with water, as for washing.
3. To feed (animals) with swill.
v.intr.
To drink or eat greedily or to excess.
n.
1. A mixture of liquid and solid food, such as table scraps, fed to animals, especially pigs; slop.
2. Kitchen waste; garbage.
3. A deep draft of liquor.
4. Nonsense; rubbish.

[Middle English swilen, to wash out, from Old English swilian; see swel- in Indo-European roots.]

swiller n.

swill
Verb
1. to drink large quantities of (an alcoholic drink)
2. (often foll. by out)Chiefly Brit & NZ to rinse (something) in large amounts of water
Noun
1. a liquid mixture containing waste food, fed to pigs
2. a deep drink, esp. of beer [Old English swilian to wash out]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.swillswill - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
Verb1.swill - feed pigs
feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
2.swill - drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"

swill
verb 1. drink, gulp, swig (informal) guzzle, drain, consume, swallow, imbibe, quaff, bevvy (dialect) toss off, bend the elbow (informal) pour down your gullet
verb 2. Chiefly Brit. (often with out) rinse, wash out, sluice, flush, drench, wash down
noun 3. waste, slops, mash, mush, hogwash, pigswill, scourings
Translations

swill [swɪl] nbazofia
vt (also: swill out) (also: swill down) → lavar, limpiar con agua
swill [swɪl] npâtée f
vt (also: swill out) (also: swill down) → laver à grande eau
swill [swɪl] vt (also: swill out) → ausspülen;
(also: swill down) → abspülen
n (for pigs) → Schweinefutter nt
swill [swɪl] nbroda
vt (also: swill out) (also: swill down) → risciacquare

swill
v swill [swil]
to (cause to) flow around Water was swilling around in the bottom of the boat. vloei, spoel يَتَدَفَّق прииждам řinout se skvulpe spülen κυλώ πέρα δώθε (για υγρό) regar, baldear; enjuagar (maha) loksuma, läigatama آب كشي كردن läikyttää, läiskyä laver à grande eau לִשטוֹף पानी से साफ करना oplahnuti öblít; lötyög berpusar skvetta(st) (um) (scorrere) 流れる 일렁거리다[] teliūskuoti skalot; skaloties menyimbah spoelen skylle, spyle chlapać chocalhar a sorbi cu lăcomie плескаться rinúť sa pljuskati ispirati skölja, spola ใช้น้ำล้าง ak(ıt)mak 沿(環繞)著...流 обмивати پانی کا بہنا chảy, đổ 沿...流
n
1 a rinse He brushed his teeth and then gave his mouth a swill. spoel غَسْلَه، شَطْفَه изплакване vypláchnutí skyl das Spülen ξέβγαλμα enjuague; lavada loputamine آب كشي huuhtominen rinçage לִשטוֹף प्रक्षालन ispiranje öblögetés kumur skolun risciacquata すすぎ 헹구기 skalauti skalošana bilasan spoeling skylling, vask płukanie lavagem lături полоскание vypláchnutie izplakovanje ispiranje sköljning น้ำยาบ้วนปาก bol su ile yıkama полоскання پانی سے دھونا sự rửa, sự cọ, sự súc
2 (also ˈpigswill) semi-liquid food given to pigs. varkkos طَعام خَنازير помия šlichta svinefoder das Schweinefutter πολτώδης χοιροτροφή bazofia rokk آشغال غذا sianruoka pâtée שְׁאֵרִיוֹת מָזוֹן וּנוֹזלִים הַנִיתָנִים לְחֲזִירִים सूअरों का पतला खाना napoj, pomije moslék makanan babi vatnsblandaðar matarleifar broda 残飯 반유동 사료(돼지 사료) jovalas lopu dzira; cūkēdiens makanan babi` varkensdraf grisefôr pomyje lavagem пойло pomyje pomije splačine skulor เศษอาหารเลี้ยงหมู sulu domuz yemi, yal 泔腳飼料 пійло, помиї سؤروں کو دیا جانے والا نیم سیال کھانا nước vo gạo
swill out
to rinse She swilled her mouth out with fresh water. spoel يَشْطُف изплаквам vypláchnout skylle ausspülen ξεπλένω enjuagar(se) loputama آب كشيدن huuhtoa (se) rincer לִשטוֹף साफ करना isprati, ispirati kiöblít berkumur skola sciacquare すすぐ 헹구다 išskalauti izskalot membilas spoelen skylle ut, spyle płukać lavar ополаскивать vypláchnuť izpirati isprati skölja [] ล้างออก bol su ile yıkamak 沖洗 полоскати پانی سے صاف کرنا súc, dội, rửa, giũ


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