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| NOUN | 1 | swallow, sup | A small amount of liquid food |
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| 2 | swallow, drink, deglutition | The act of swallowing | |
| 3 | swallow | Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations | |
| VERB | 1 | swallow, get down | Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking |
| 2 | swallow | Engulf and destroy | |
| 3 | swallow, immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up | Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | |
| 4 | swallow | Utter indistinctly | |
| 5 | swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw | Take back what one has said | |
| 6 | swallow | Keep from expressing | |
| 7 | swallow, accept, live with | Tolerate or accommodate oneself to | |
| 8 | swallow | Believe or accept without questioning or challenge |
| Sounds | swaa'low; swao'low |
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| Rhymes | afterglow, aglow, airflow, and 72 more rhymes in low... |
| Meaning | A small amount of liquid food. |
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| Synonyms | sup |
| Broader | taste, mouthful |
| Meaning | The act of swallowing. |
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| Examples | "one swallow of the liquid was enough" |
| Synonyms | drink, deglutition |
| Broader | consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake |
| Narrower | aerophagia; gulp, draft, draught, swig; sip |
| Verbs | swallow |
| Meaning | Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations. |
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| Broader | oscine, oscine bird |
| Narrower | barn swallow, chimney swallow, Hirundo rustica; cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota; tree swallow, tree martin, Hirundo nigricans; white-bellied swallow, tree swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor; martin |
| Meaning | Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They swallow more bread |
| Examples | "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" |
| Synonyms | get down |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
| Narrower | bolt |
| Entailed by | eat; gulp, quaff, swig |
| Nouns | swallow |
| Meaning | Engulf and destroy. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries" |
| Broader | demolish, destroy |
| Meaning | Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
| Synonyms | immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up |
| Broader | enclose, close in, inclose, shut in |
| Meaning | Utter indistinctly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She swallowed the last words of her speech" |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
| Meaning | Take back what one has said. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "He swallowed his words" |
| Synonyms | take back, unsay, withdraw |
| Broader | renounce, repudiate |
| Meaning | Keep from expressing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet" |
| Broader | suppress, repress |
| Meaning | Tolerate or accommodate oneself to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I swallowed the insult" |
| Synonyms | accept, live with |
| Broader | digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up |
| Meaning | Believe or accept without questioning or challenge. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" |
| Broader | believe |
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