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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Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat..
Ingurgitation :: Ingurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
Drink :: Drink (v. i.) To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Rhachiodont :: Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them..
Aglutition :: Aglutition (n.) Inability to swallow.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water..
Scray :: Scray (n.) A tern; the sea swallow.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.
Bird''s-nest :: Bird's-nest (n.) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups..
Asclepias :: Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties..
Introsume :: Introsume (v. t.) To draw in; to swallow.
Engulf :: Engulf (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
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