11. (n.)swallow any of numerous small, long-winged, fork-tailed songbirds of the family Hirundinidae, noted for their swift, graceful flight and for the extent and regularity of their migrations.
12. swallow any of several unrelated, swallowlike birds, as the chimney swift.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME swalwe, OE swealwe, c. OS
Definition of 'Swallow'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)swallow, sup a small amount of liquid food "a sup of ale"
2. (noun)swallow, drink, deglutition the act of swallowing "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
3. (verb)swallow small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
4. (verb)swallow, get down pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
5. (verb)swallow engulf and destroy "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
6. (verb)immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
7. (verb)swallow utter indistinctly "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
8. (verb)swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw take back what one has said "He swallowed his words"
9. (verb)swallow keep from expressing "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
10. (verb)accept, live with, swallow 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 idiosyncrasies"
11. (verb)swallow believe or accept without questioning or challenge "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
1. (verb)swallow to cause food to go down your throat, or make your throat move in this way She swallowed the mouthful of rice.; It hurts when I swallow.
2. swallow hard/difficult to swallow difficult to accept or believe Not getting the promotion was hard to swallow.
3. swallow swallow your pride to do sth even though it embarrasses you I knew I'd have to swallow my pride and apologize.
4. (noun)swallow a small bird with a tail in the shape of a 'V'
5. swallow an act of swallowing a painful swallow
Definition of 'Swallow'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Swallow any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, 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
2. (noun)Swallow any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the commonAmericanchimney swallow, or swift
3. (noun)Swallow the aperture in a block through which the rope reeves
4. (noun)Swallow the act of swallowing
5. (noun)Swallow the gullet, or esophagus; the throat
Definitions of Swallow 
Afrikaans: sluk
Arabic: يَبْلَع
Bulgarian: (пре)глътвам
Brazilian: engolir
Czech: polknout
German: schlucken
Danish: sluge; synke
Greek: καταπίνω
Spanish: tragar, engullir
Estonian: neelama
Farsi: بلعيدن
Finnish: nielaista
French: avaler
Hebrew: לִבלוֹעַ
Hindi: निगलना, लीलना
Croatian: gutati, progutati
Hungarian: (le)nyel
Indonesian: menelan
Icelandic: kyngja
Italian: inghiottire, ingoiare
Japanese: 飲み込む
Korean: 삼키다
Lithuanian: ryti
Latvian: []rīt
Malay: menelan
Dutch: slikken
Norwegian: svelge, sluke
Polish: przełykać
Persian: بلعيدن
Pashto: بلع کول
Portuguese: engolir
Romanian: aînghiţi
Russian: глотать; проглатывать
Slovak: prehltnúť
Slovenian: pogoltniti
Serbian: progutati
Swedish: svälja
Thai: กลืน
Turkish: yutmak
Taiwanese: 咽下
Ukrainian: ковтати, проковтнути
Urdu: نگلنا
Vietnamese: nuốt
Chinese: 咽下
