swallow
1. swallow (v)
believe or accept without questioning or challenge. "Am I supposed to swallow that story?".
2. swallow (v)
tolerate or accommodate oneself to. "I swallowed the insult".
3. swallow (v)
keep from expressing. "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet".
4. swallow (v)
take back what one has said. "He swallowed his words".
5. swallow (n)
the act of swallowing. "one swallow of the liquid was enough".
6. swallow (v)
utter indistinctly. "She swallowed the last words of her speech".
7. swallow (v)
engulf and destroy. "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries".
8. swallow (v)
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking. "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!".
9. swallow (v)
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter".
10. swallow (n)
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations.
11. swallow (n)
a small amount of liquid food.
Words derived from swallow
acceptance, sufferance, toleration, backdown, climb-down, withdrawal, drink, imbibe, get down, swallow, deglutition, drink, swallow, sup
swallow is an instance of
believe, abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate, repress, suppress, disown, renounce, repudiate, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, demolish, destroy, consume, have, ingest, take, take in, close in, enclose, inclose, shut in, oscine, oscine bird, mouthful, taste
Word and things that fall within swallow
aerophagia, draft, draught, gulp, swig, sip, bolt, barn swallow, chimney swallow, Hirundo rustica, cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota, Hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow, martin