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 takeback 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?"