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swallow has definitions from the fields of biology,zoology,food,psychiatry
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[ verb ] pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

Synonyms

get_down

Examples

"Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

2
[ verb ] engulf and destroy, as if by ingestion

Examples

: "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

3
[ noun ] (food) a small amount of liquid food

Synonyms

sup

Examples

: "a sup of ale"

4
[ verb ] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Synonyms

swallow_up bury engross eat_up immerse

Examples

"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

5
[ noun ] (biology) the act of swallowing

Synonyms

deglutition drink

Examples

"one swallow of the liquid was enough" "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"

6
[ verb ] utter indistinctly

Examples

"She swallowed the last words of her speech"

7
[ verb ] tolerate or accommodate oneself to

Synonyms

accept live_with

Examples

"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" "I swallowed the insult" "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies"

8
[ verb ] believe or accept without questioning or challenge

Examples

"Am I supposed to swallow that story?"

9
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9498
10
[ verb ] take back what one has said

Synonyms

withdraw unsay take_back

Examples

"He swallowed his words"

11
[ verb ] (psychiatry) keep from expressing

Examples

"I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

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[ noun ] (zoology) small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
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