Swallow - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈswɑːləʊ|  American pronunciation of the word swallow
Brit.  |ˈswɒləʊ|  British pronunciation of the word swallow

noun

- a small amount of liquid food (syn: sup)
- the act of swallowing (syn: drink)
one swallow of the liquid was enough
- small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

verb

- pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking (syn: get down)
- engulf and destroy
The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing (syn: bury, eat up, immerse)
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
- utter indistinctly
She swallowed the last words of her speech
- take back what one has said (syn: unsay, withdraw)
He swallowed his words
- keep from expressing
I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to (syn: accept)
I swallowed the insult
- believe or accept without questioning or challenge
Am I supposed to swallow that story?

Extra examples

He swallowed the grape whole.

Chew your food well before you swallow.

The boss said, “Come in.” I swallowed hard and walked in.

Her story is pretty hard to swallow.

I can usually take criticism, but this is more than I can swallow.

I took a swallow of brandy.

The snake swallowed its prey whole.

Nasty medicine is difficult to swallow down.

Small companies are swallowed up by huge multinationals.

She was swallowed up in the crowd.

The building was swallowed up by flames

Half of my salary is swallowed up by rent.

I found his story a bit hard to swallow.

He swallowed the last of his coffee and asked for the bill.

Most snakes swallow their prey whole.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: swallow
he/she/it: swallows
present participle: swallowing
past tense: swallowed
past participle: swallowed
noun
singular: swallow
plural: swallows
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