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swal⋅low
1 [swol-oh]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances. |
| 2. | to take in so as to envelop; withdraw from sight; assimilate or absorb: He was swallowed by the crowd. |
| 3. | to accept without question or suspicion. |
| 4. | to accept without opposition; put up with: to swallow an insult. |
| 5. | to accept for lack of an alternative: Consumers will have to swallow new price hikes. |
| 6. | to suppress (emotion, a laugh, a sob, etc.) as if by drawing it down one's throat. |
| 7. | to take back; retract: to swallow one's words. |
| 8. | to enunciate poorly; mutter: He swallowed his words. |
–verb (used without object)
| 9. | to perform the act of swallowing. |
–noun
| 10. | the act or an instance of swallowing. |
| 11. | a quantity swallowed at one time; a mouthful: Take one swallow of brandy. |
| 12. | capacity for swallowing. |
| 13. | Also called crown, throat. Nautical, Machinery. the space in a block, between the groove of the sheave and the shell, through which the rope runs. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; (v.) ME swalwen, var. of swelwen, OE swelgan; c. G schwelgen; akin to ON svelgja; (n.) ME swalwe, swolgh throat, abyss, whirlpool, OE geswelgh (see y- ); akin to MLG swelch, OHG swelgo glutton, ON svelgr whirlpool, devourer
bef. 1000; (v.) ME swalwen, var. of swelwen, OE swelgan; c. G schwelgen; akin to ON svelgja; (n.) ME swalwe, swolgh throat, abyss, whirlpool, OE geswelgh (see y- ); akin to MLG swelch, OHG swelgo glutton, ON svelgr whirlpool, devourer

Related forms:
swal⋅low⋅a⋅ble, adjective
swal⋅low⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. eat, gulp, drink. 2. engulf, devour. 10. gulp, draught, drink.
1. eat, gulp, drink. 2. engulf, devour. 10. gulp, draught, drink.
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