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Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift..

Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To occupy; to take up; to employ.

Swam :: Swallowwort (n.) A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort..

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

Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..

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..

Gulp :: Gulp (n.) The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once..

Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.

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..

Gobble :: Gobble (v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.

Musang :: Musang (n.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.

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

Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..

Glut :: Glut (n.) That which is swallowed.

Swallowwort :: Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.

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