Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink..

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Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl..
Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water..
Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Swallowwort :: Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Gurge :: Gurge (v. t.) To swallow up.
Priestcap :: Priestcap (n.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail..
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows; the gullet.
Glut :: Glut (v. t.) To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () See Cornish chough, under Chough..
Aglutition :: Aglutition (n.) Inability to swallow.
Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..
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