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swallow (verb)
To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

swallow (verb)
To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

swallow (verb)
To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.

swallow (verb)
To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

swallow (verb)
To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

swallow (verb)
To retract; to recant.
To swallow one's opinions.

swallow (verb)
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
To swallow an affront or insult.

swallow (noun)
The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.

swallow (noun)
A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

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swallow
January 24, 2019

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