swallow

Meaning of swallow

noun
  1. A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
  2. The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
    He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.
  3. Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
verb
  1. To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
  2. To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
  3. 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.
  4. To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
  5. To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
  6. To retract; to recant.
    to swallow one's opinions
  7. To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
    to swallow an affront or insult
noun
  1. 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.
  2. The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Information about swallow

  • The plural form of swallow is: swallows.
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Hyphenation of swallow

swal-low

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • swallow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

swallow synonyms

Meaning sup:

sup

Meaning drink:

drink, deglutition

Meaning immerse:

immerse, bury

Meaning take back:

unsay, withdraw

Meaning accept:

accept

Meaning :

buy, credit, creed, consume, devour, eat, gulp, absorb, engage, monopolize, occupy, brook, endure, disavow, assimilate, engulf, incorporate, overwhelm, martin

Translation of swallow

Anagrams of swallow

wallows

Words that rhyme with swallow

Allhallow, allow, ballow, behallow, betallow, callow, disallow, dishallow, encallow, enhallow, enwallow, fallow, gallow, hallow, mackallow, mallow, marshmallow, preallow, preswallow, reallow, refallow, rehallow, reswallow, rewallow, sallow, shallow, tallow, twifallow, unallow, uncallow, unhallow, unsallow, upswallow, wallow, waxmallow, yallow, Bellow, Fellow, Longfellow, Oddfellow, Rockafellow, Yellow, bedfellow, bellow, benchfellow, blackfellow, boonfellow, chamberfellow, clanfellow, classfellow

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