Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

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Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. t.) To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer..
Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..
Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..
Absorbable :: Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Pouch :: Pouch (v. t.) To swallow; -- said of fowls.
Swam :: Swallowwort (n.) A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort..
Drink :: Drink (n.) Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions..
Swallowing :: Swallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Swallo.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink..
Republican :: Republican (n.) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..
Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. i.) To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Vincetoxin :: Vincetoxin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family) as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also asclepiadin, and cynanchin..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..
Gobble :: Gobble (v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
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