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Definition of swallow

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Swallow (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..

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Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..

Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows; the gullet.

Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.

Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.

Gormandize :: Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.

Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..

Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.

Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sup or swallow.

Pouch :: Pouch (v. t.) To swallow; -- said of fowls.

Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water..

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

Guttle :: Guttle (n.) To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..

Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..

Engorge :: Engorge (v. t.) To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.

Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..

Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water..