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Swallow Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Swallow?
[n] the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
[n] small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations [n] a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale" [v] believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" [v] 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 idiosyncracies" [v] keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet" [v] take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [v] utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech" [v] engulf and destroy, as if by ingestion; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries" [v] pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" [v] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" Synonyms | Synonyms for Swallow: accept | bury | deglutition | drink | eat up | engross | get down | immerse | live with | sup | swallow up | take back | unsay | withdraw Related Terms | Find terms related to Swallow: See Also | abide | aerophagia | barn swallow | bear | believe | bolt | brook | chimney swallow | cliff swallow | consume | consumption | demolish | destroy | draft | draught | enclose | endure | gulp | have | Hirundo nigricans | Hirundo pyrrhonota | Hirundo rustica | inclose | ingest | ingestion | intake | Iridoprocne bicolor | martin | mouth | mouthful | nip | oscine | oscine bird | put up | renounce | repress | repudiate | shut in | sip | speak | stand | stomach | suffer | support | suppress | swig | take | take in | talk | taste | tolerate | tree martin | tree swallow | uptake | utter | verbalise | verbalize | white-bellied swallow Swallow In Webster's Dictionary \Swal"low\, n. [OE. swalowe, AS. swalewe, swealwe; akin
to D. zwaluw, OHG. swalawa, G. schwalbe, Icel. & Sw. svala,
Dan. svale.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds
of the family {Hirundinid[ae]}, especially one of those
species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have
long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and
gracefulness of their flight.
Note: The most common North American species are the barn
swallow (see under {Barn}), the cliff, or eaves,
swallow (see under {Cliff}), the white-bellied, or
tree, swallow ({Tachycineta bicolor}), and the bank
swallow (see under {Bank}). The common European swallow
({Chelidon rustica}), and the window swallow, or martin
({Chelidon urbica}), are familiar species.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which
resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the
common American chimney swallow, or swift.
3. (Naut.) The aperture in a block through which the rope
reeves. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
{Swallow plover} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
fork-tailed ploverlike birds of the genus {Glareola}, as
{G. orientalis} of India; a pratincole.
{Swallow shrike} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
East Indian and Asiatic birds of the family
{Artamiid[ae]}, allied to the shrikes but similar to
swallows in appearance and habits. The ashy swallow shrike
({Artamus fuscus}) is common in India.
{Swallow warbler} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
East Indian and Australian singing birds of the genus
{Dic[ae]um}. They are allied to the honeysuckers.
\Swal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swallowing}.] [OE. swolewen, swolwen, swolhen, AS. swelgan; akin to D. zwelgen, OHG. swelahan, swelgan, G. schwelgen to feast, to revel, Icel. svelgia to swallow, SW. sv["a]lja, Dan. sv[ae]lge. Cf. {Groundsel} a plant.] 1. To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink. As if I had swallowed snowballs for pills. --Shak. 2. To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up. --Milton. The earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses. --Num. xvi. 32. 3. To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly. Though that story . . . be not so readily swallowed. --Sir T. Browne. 4. To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up. Homer excels . . . in this, that he swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him. --Pope. 5. To occupy; to take up; to employ. The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time. --Locke. 6. To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume. Corruption swallowed what the liberal hand Of bounty scattered. --Thomson. 7. To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions. ``Swallowed his vows whole.'' --Shak. 8. To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult. Syn: To absorb; imbibe; ingulf; engross; consume. See {Absorb}. \Swal"low\, v. i. To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow. \Swal"low\, n. 1. The act of swallowing. 2. The gullet, or esophagus; the throat. 3. Taste; relish; inclination; liking. [Colloq.] I have no swallow for it. --Massinger. 4. Capacity for swallowing; voracity. There being nothing too gross for the swallow of political rancor. --Prof. Wilson. 5. As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water. 6. That which ingulfs; a whirlpool. [Obs.] --Fabyan. |
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