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swallow noun

: a small amount of liquid food

: the act of swallowing

: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

swallow verb

: pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

: engulf and destroy

: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

: utter unclearly

: take back what one has said

: keep from expressing

: tolerate or accommodate oneself to

: believe or accept without questioning or challenge


  • Have you ever seen a snake swallowing a mouse?
  • The snake swallowed a frog.
  • My throat hurts when I swallow.
  • The verdict was a bitter pill to swallow.
  • The abandoned city was swallowed by the jungle.
  • Why did you swallow all those pills?
  • The baby has presumably swallowed the pacifier.
  • Food should be chewed before being swallowed.
  • I think I swallowed a fly.
  • The snake is swallowing an egg.
  • He was swallowed by the abyss.
  • Swallows build their nests from clay.
  • Have you ever swallowed an apricot pit?
  • Swallows are flying in the sky.
  • You mustn't swallow unreliable information that's on the Web.
  • The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.
  • One swallow does not make a spring.
  • Thick clouds swallowed the airplane.
  • You need to swallow your pride.
  • The ATM swallowed my card.
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