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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Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Glut :: Glut (v. t.) To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To occupy; to take up; to employ.
Ruminate :: Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
Gormandize :: Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An arrow.
Swallowwort :: Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Asclepias :: Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties..
Martin :: Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows..
Turnus :: Turnus (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail..
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Swallow :: 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..
Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Hirundo :: Hirundo (n.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
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