un-swallowed
oʊ 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.
verb (used without object)
9.
to perform the act of swallowing.
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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.
Origin:
before 1000; (v.) Middle English swalwen, variant of swelwen, Old English swelgan; cognate with German schwelgen; akin to Old Norse svelgja; (noun) Middle English swalwe, swolgh throat, abyss, whirlpool, Old English geswelgh (see y-); akin to Middle Low German swelch, Old High German swelgo glutton, Old Norse svelgr whirlpool, devourer
before 1000; (v.) Middle English swalwen, variant of swelwen, Old English swelgan; cognate with German schwelgen; akin to Old Norse svelgja; (noun) Middle English swalwe, swolgh throat, abyss, whirlpool, Old English geswelgh (see y-); akin to Middle Low German swelch, Old High German swelgo glutton, Old Norse svelgr whirlpool, devourer
Related forms
swal·low·a·ble, adjective
swal·low·er, noun
un·swal·low·a·ble, adjective
un·swal·lowed, adjective
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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swallow1 (ˈswɒləʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to pass (food, drink, etc) through the mouth to the stomach by means of the muscular action of the oesophagus |
| 2. | ( |
| 3. | informal to believe gullibly: he will never swallow such an excuse |
| 4. | to refrain from uttering or manifesting: to swallow one's disappointment |
| 5. | to endure without retaliation |
| 6. | to enunciate (words, etc) indistinctly; mutter |
| 7. | ( |
| 8. | (intr) to perform or simulate the act of swallowing, as in gulping |
| 9. | swallow one's words to retract a statement, argument, etc, often in humiliating circumstances |
| —n | |
| 10. | the act of swallowing |
| 11. | the amount swallowed at any single time; mouthful |
| 12. | nautical crown, Also called: throat the opening between the shell and the groove of the sheave of a block, through which the rope is passed |
| 13. | rare throat another word for gullet |
| 14. | rare a capacity for swallowing; appetite |
| [Old English swelgan; related to Old Norse svelga, Old High German swelgan to swallow, Swedish svalg gullet] | |
| 'swallowable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'swallower1 | |
| —n | |
| swallow2 (ˈswɒləʊ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any passerine songbird of the family Hirundinidae, esp Hirundo rustica (common or barn swallow), having long pointed wings, a forked tail, short legs, and a rapid flightRelated: hirundine |
| 2. | See fairy swallow |
| Related: hirundine | |
| [Old English swealwe; related to Old Frisian swale, Old Norse svala, Old High German swalwa] | |
| 'swallow-like2 | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
swallow
"take in through the throat," O.E. swelgan (class III strong verb; past tense swealg, pp. swolgen), from P.Gmc. *swelkh-/*swelg- (cf. O.S. farswelgan, O.N. svelgja "to swallow," M.Du. swelghen, Du. zwelgen "to gulp, swallow," O.H.G. swelahan "to swallow," Ger. schwelgan "to revel"). Connections outside
Gmc. uncertain. Sense of "consume, destroy" is attested from c.1340. Cognate with O.N. svelgr "whirlpool," lit. "devourer, swallower." Meaning "to accept without question" is from 1591. The noun meaning "an act of swallowing" is recorded from 1822.
swallow
"migratory bird" (family Hirundinidae), O.E. swealwe, from P.Gmc. *swalwon (cf. O.S., O.N., O.Fris., Swed. svala, Dan. svale, M.Du. zwalewe, Du. zwaluw, O.H.G. swalawa, Ger. Schwalbe), from PIE *swol-wi- (cf. Rus. solowej, Slovak slavik, Pol. slowik "nightinggale"). The etymological sense is disputed.
Popularly regarded as a harbinger of summer; swallows building nests on or near a house is considered good luck. First record of swallow-tail is 1545, of a type of arrowhead; of a type of coat, 1835.
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Medical Dictionary
swallow swal·low (swŏl'ō)
v. swal·lowed, swal·low·ing, swal·lows
To pass something, as food or drink, through the mouth and throat into the stomach.
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Slang Dictionary
swallow definition
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Bible Dictionary
Swallow definition
(1.) Heb. sis (Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7), the Arabic for the swift, which "is a regular migrant, returning in myriads every spring, and so suddenly that while one day not a swift can be seen in the country, on the next they have overspread the whole land, and fill the air with their shrill cry." The swift (cypselus) is ordinarily classed with the swallow, which it resembles in its flight, habits, and migration. (2.) Heb. deror, i.e., "the bird of freedom" (Ps. 84:3; Prov. 26:2), properly rendered swallow, distinguished for its swiftness of flight, its love of freedom, and the impossibility of retaining it in captivity. In Isa. 38:14 and Jer. 8:7 the word thus rendered ('augr) properly means "crane" (as in the R.V.).
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