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English to English noun
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a small amount of liquid food |  | Example: a sup of ale
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| 2 |
the act of swallowing | | Example: one swallow of the liquid was enough
he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
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| 3 |
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations | | source: wordnet30
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Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, 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. | | source: webster1913
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The act of swallowing. | | source: webster1913 verb
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pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking | | Example: Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
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| 7 |
engulf and destroy | | Example: The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
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| 8 |
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | | Example: The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
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| 9 |
utter indistinctly | | Example: She swallowed the last words of her speech
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| 10 |
take back what one has said | | Example: He swallowed his words
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| 11 |
keep from expressing | | Example: I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
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| 12 |
tolerate or accommodate oneself to | | Example: I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
I swallowed the insult
She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
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believe or accept without questioning or challenge | | Example: Am I supposed to swallow that story?
source: wordnet30
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To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink. | | source: webster1913
| 15 |
To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow. | | source: webster1913
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