swallow
noun
1. a small amount of liquid food
Similar word(s): sup
Definition categories: food, mouthful, taste
2. the act of swallowing
- one swallow of the liquid was enough
Similar word(s): deglutition, drink
Definition categories: act, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
3. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
Definition categories: animal, oscine
Sentences with swallow as a noun:
- He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.
verb
1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
- Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
Definition categories: consumption
2. engulf and destroy
- The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
Definition categories: competition, demolish, destroy
3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Similar word(s): bury, immerse
Definition categories: contact, enclose, inclose
4. utter indistinctly
- She swallowed the last words of her speech
Definition categories: communication, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
5. take back what one has said
- He swallowed his words
Similar word(s): unsay, withdraw
Definition categories: communication, disown, renounce, repudiate
6. keep from expressing
- I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
Definition categories: cognition, keep, restrain
7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- I swallowed the insult
Similar word(s): accept
Definition categories: cognition, abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, stand, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
8. believe or accept without questioning or challenge
- Am I supposed to swallow that story?
Definition categories: cognition, believe
Sentences with swallow as a verb:
- My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
- to swallow one's opinions
- to swallow an affront or insult