swallow
When you swallow food or liquid is pushed from your mouth to the esophagus. Chew your food well before you swallow it.
As a verb, swallow means “to enclose or envelop completely,” like quicksand that swallows everything that falls into it. Swallow can also mean “to stop from expressing,” like when you swallow your pride and ask for help. The noun swallow describes a gulp, though you don’t always do it for digestion; sometimes a few swallows of air help you keep from crying. A swallow is also a type of small songbird.
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pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
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the act of swallowing
“one
swallow of the liquid was enough”-
synonyms:
deglutition, drink-
types:
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aerophagia
swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence)
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draft, draught, gulp, swig
a large and hurried swallow
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sip
a small drink
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type of:
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consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
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aerophagia
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a small amount of liquid food
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enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
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engulf and destroy
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keep from expressing
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take back what one has said
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utter indistinctly
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believe or accept without questioning or challenge
“Am I supposed to
swallow that story?”-
type of:
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believe
accept as true; take to be true
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believe
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tolerate or accommodate oneself to
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small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
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types:
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Hirundo rustica, barn swallow, chimney swallow
common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
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Hirundo pyrrhonota, cliff swallow
North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
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Hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow
of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities
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Iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow
bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities
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martin
any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
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Delichon urbica, house martin
common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses
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Riparia riparia, bank martin, bank swallow, sand martin
swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
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Progne subis, purple martin
large North American martin of which the male is blue-black
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type of:
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oscine, oscine bird
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus