Definitions of swallow [ˈswɒl oʊ]

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Definition of 'swallow'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) swallow
to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action.

2.  swallow
to take in so as to envelop; assimilate or absorb (often fol. by up):
to be swallowed up in a crowd.

3.  swallow
to accept without question or suspicion.

4.  swallow
to accept without opposition; put up with.

5.  swallow
to suppress (emotion, pride, etc.) as if by drawing it down one's throat.

6.  swallow
to take back; retract:
to swallow one's words.

7.  swallow
to enunciate poorly; mutter:
to swallow one's words.

8. (v.i.) swallow
to perform the act of swallowing.

9. (n.) swallow
an act or instance of swallowing.

10.  swallow
a quantity swallowed at one time.

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?"

Definition of 'swallow'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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 common American chimney 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

6. (noun) swallow
taste; relish; inclination; liking

7. (noun) swallow
capacity for swallowing; voracity

8. (noun) swallow
as much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water

9. (noun) swallow
that which ingulfs; a whirlpool

10. (verb) swallow
to take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink

11. (verb) swallow
to draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up

12. (verb) swallow
to receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly

13. (verb) swallow
to engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up

14. (verb) swallow
to occupy; to take up; to employ

15. (verb) swallow
to seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume

16. (verb) swallow
to retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions

17. (verb) swallow
to put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult

18. (verb) swallow
to perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow

Translation of 'swallow'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly 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
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