[
US
/ˈswɑɫoʊ, ˈswɔɫoʊ/
]
[ UK /swˈɒləʊ/ ]
[ UK /swˈɒləʊ/ ]
NOUN
- small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
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the act of swallowing
he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
one swallow of the liquid was enough -
a small amount of liquid food
a sup of ale
VERB
-
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter -
engulf and destroy
The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries -
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
I swallowed the insult
She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies -
keep from expressing
I swallowed my anger and kept quiet -
utter indistinctly
She swallowed the last words of her speech -
take back what one has said
He swallowed his words -
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you! -
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
Am I supposed to swallow that story?
How To Use swallow In A Sentence
- We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news. Fighting the Whales
- While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
- The pills should be swallowed whole.
- A recent issue of Gastroenterology reports on animal studies describing a swallowable capsule that can transmit video images as it travels through the small intestine.
- After they are separated, the keepers feed the chicks by hand and must teach them to swallow whole fish.
- I swallowed my tears and washed my face in the small sink in the adjacent lavatory.
- Northern migratory species winter in the savanna, such as spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia, barn swallow Hirundo rustica and blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata. Canaima National Park, Venezuela
- Jayson drew his swallow and jumped off his stead as Virgo let out a bellow as he tried to scare off the attackers.
- Also well known is hydrophobia, literally ‘fear of water ‘, as a name for rabies, which sometimes appears to cause such a sensation in sufferers because it makes the throat swell and so it becomes difficult for the victim to swallow.’
- Bley plays acoustic piano in duo with Steve Swallow, and their rapport projects extraordinary warmth on this delightful album.
