Use the search facility, or the two navigation bars above to find information about specific words. This site provides meanings, definitions, translations, proverbs and rhymes for thousands of words.
  
Definition or meaning of the English word Swallow
To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up. (v. t.). The gullet; or esophagus; the throat. (n.). To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as; to swallow an affront or insult. (v. t.). To retract; to recant; as; to swallow one's opinions. (v. t.). To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up. (v. t.). As much as is; or can be; swallowed at once; as; a swallow of water. (n.). To receive or embrace; as opinions or belief; without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly. (v. t.). To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume. (v. t.). That which ingulfs; a whirlpool. (n.). Capacity for swallowing; voracity. (n.). Taste; relish; inclination; liking. (n.). The act of swallowing. (n.). To perform the act of swallowing; as; his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow. (v. i.). To occupy; to take up; to employ. (v. t.). Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits; as the common American chimney swallow; or swift. (n.). Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae; especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long; pointed wings; and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight. (n.). The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves. (n.). To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet; or esophagus; into the stomach; as; to swallow food or drink. (v. t.). |
