to swallow

Definition of to swallow in English English dictionary: gulp; swelve; To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this
I swallowed nervously, wondering who was outside the window.; A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects; To take in, to consume, to absorb or cause to disappear
Any extra money will be swallowed up by the mortgage repayments.; To believe or accept
I find his excuses a little hard to swallow.; glutch; {n} a genus of birds, fish, throat, voracity, gulf; {v} to take down the throat, to take in; If someone swallows a story or a statement, they believe it completely. It was vital that he swallowed the story about Juanita being in that motel room that night; To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach; A deep chasm or abyss in the earth; {i} act of swallowing; gulp, drink, mouthful (of food, liquid, etc.); any of a number of migratory birds having long pointed wings and a forked tail; a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale"; That which ingulfs; a whirlpool; enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"; the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"; As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water; The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves; the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale" believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet" take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech" engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries" pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!; believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"; To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb usually followed by up; pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!; Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked; To engross; to appropriate; usually with up; To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly; To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions; To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume; To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult; utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech"; a bitter pill to swallow: see pill. Any of 74 species (family Hirundinidae) of songbirds found nearly worldwide. Swallows are 4-9 in. (10-23 cm) long, with long, pointed, narrow wings; a short bill; small, weak feet; and sometimes a forked tail. The dark upper plumage may have a metallic blue or green sheen. Swallows capture insects on the wing. They nest in tree holes, burrow into sandbank, or plaster mud nests to walls. Some species (e.g., the common swallow, Hirundo rustica) are long-distance migrants; all have a strong homing instinct. The swallows of California's San Juan Capistrano Mission are cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota). See also martin; To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagous which this entails; The act of swallowing; keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"; The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing; To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink; pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"; small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations; Taste; relish; inclination; liking; If you swallow, you make a movement in your throat as if you are swallowing something, often because you are nervous or frightened. Nancy swallowed hard and shook her head; (1 ) Heb sis (Isa 38: 14; Jer 8: 7), the Arabic for the swift, which "is a regular migrant, returning in myriads every spring, and so suddenly that while one day not a swift can be seen in the country, on the next they have overspread the whole land, and fill the air with their shrill cry " The swift (cypselus) is ordinarily classed with the swallow, which it resembles in its flight, habits, and migration; Capacity for swallowing; voracity; If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach. You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed. Swallow is also a noun. Jan lifted her glass and took a quick swallow; To occupy; to take up; to employ; The graceful insectivorous aerialists of the family Hirundinidæ Represented in the BWCA by two breeding species of summer, the Tree Swallow (Iridoprocne bicolor), and the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Jashâwanibissi in the Ojibwe; Tifirellest; A swallow is a kind of small bird with pointed wings and a forked tail; The gullet, or esophagus; the throat; Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift; engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"; 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"; Thunderbird Tiki; A female operative who uses sex as a tool; To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow; They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight; {f} take into the stomach via the throat (as of food or drink); engulf, envelop; suppress one's emotions; put up with; take back, retract; believe without questioning, naively accept (Slang); take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"; small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale"