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[ US /ˈswɑɫoʊ, ˈswɔɫoʊ/ ]
[ UK /swˈɒlə‍ʊ/ ]
NOUN
  1. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
  2. the act of swallowing
    he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
    one swallow of the liquid was enough
  3. a small amount of liquid food
    a sup of ale
VERB
  1. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
  2. engulf and destroy
    The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
  3. 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
  4. keep from expressing
    I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
  5. utter indistinctly
    She swallowed the last words of her speech
  6. take back what one has said
    He swallowed his words
  7. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
    Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
  8. 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.
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