Swallow
['swɒləʊ] or ['swɑlo]
Definition
(noun.) the act of swallowing; 'one swallow of the liquid was enough'; 'he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips'.
(noun.) small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations.
(noun.) a small amount of liquid food; 'a sup of ale'.
(verb.) believe or accept without questioning or challenge; 'Am I supposed to swallow that story?'.
(verb.) keep from expressing; 'I swallowed my anger and kept quiet'.
(verb.) take back what one has said; 'He swallowed his words'.
(verb.) utter indistinctly; 'She swallowed the last words of her speech'.
(verb.) engulf and destroy; 'The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries'.
(verb.) pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; 'Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!'.
Typed by Eugenia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
(n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
(v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
(v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
(v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
(v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
(v. t.) To occupy; to take up; to employ.
(v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
(v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.
(v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
(v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.
(n.) The act of swallowing.
(n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.
(n.) Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
(n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
(n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.
(n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Checker: Tanya
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Gulp, GOBBLE, BOLT, take into the stomach, take down, get down.[2]. Absorb, engulf, destroy, devour, swallow up.[3]. Believe (without scruple), receive implicitly.[4]. Brook, stomach, pocket, endure, bear, put up with.[5]. Renounce, retract, recant, take back.[6]. Consume, exhaust, waste, use up.
n. [1]. Throat, gullet, œsophagus.[2]. Voracity, gluttonous appetite.
Checker: Scott
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Absorb, gorge, engross, devour, appropriate, exhaust, consume, imbibe, engulf,brook
ANT:Vomit, disgorge, eructate, discharge, economize, save, eschew, repudiate
Typist: Rosanna
Definition
n. a migratory bird with long wings which seizes its insect food on the wing: a genus (Hirundo) and family (Hirundinid) of passerine birds with long and pointed wings.—adj. Swall′ow-tailed like a swallow's tail in form forked and pointed—of a dress-coat.
v.t. to receive through the gullet into the stomach: to engulf: to absorb: to occupy: to exhaust.—n. Swall′ower.
Typist: Margery
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of swallows, is a sign of peace and domestic harmony. To see a wounded or dead one, signifies unavoidable sadness.
Typist: Willie
Examples
- He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He was pompous, but with such a cook what would one not swallow? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She went very slowly across the room, for pride was hard to swallow, and stood by him, but he did not turn his head. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She sat, hour after hour, looking at him, now softly arranging his pillow, and, while he had power to swallow, administered his drink. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- With that head it is like one of those porcupine fish that swallow air and swell up after they are caught. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Love had come, as the rod of the master-prophet, to swallow up every minor propensity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Unprepared as he was for the large pill he had to swallow, he got it down. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He knows drugs, you may be sure, as you can neither smell nor see, neither before they're swallowed nor after. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Child thought it capital fun, went back next day, and swallowed another bead. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She falls from the lowermost stair, and is swallowed up in the gulf. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Experimenting on the machine swallowed a great deal of capital, and the stockholders of the company he had formed became impatient. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Anselmo tipped it up and swallowed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I had now swallowed my tea. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Groups of every description were to be seen devouring the food and swallowing the liquor thus abandoned to their discretion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr Merdle, with a dry, swallowing action, seemed to dispose of those qualities like a bolus; then added, 'As a sort of return for it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Con-signed in a safe quarter,' replied George, wringing the heads off half a dozen shrimps, and swallowing them without any more ado. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I feel as if I had been half drowned, and swallowing a gallon of it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then, withdrawing his hand and swallowing his mouthful of chop, he said to Stephen: 'Now you know, this good lady is a born lady, a high lady. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Thoroughly masticate the food, and well salivate it before swallowing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Giving his wine a final chew, and swallowing it, the informer answered in a single word: 'Hages! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Kalmucks to-day, like the swallows, go yearly a thousand miles from one home to another. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But I remember with the blowing of the train the lamp of the engine blew by over my head and pieces of steel flew by like swallows. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The dull crackling noise noticed in the ear when one swallows is due to the entrance and exit of air in the tube. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Like swallows. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He might as well buy next year's swallows. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The swallows circled around and I watched them and the night-hawks flying above the roofs and drank the Cinzano. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The predominant passion swallows up the inferior, and converts it into itself. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Editor: Maggie