Definition of swallow

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

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Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water..
Priestcap :: Priestcap (n.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Scray :: Scray (n.) A tern; the sea swallow.
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..
Latirostres :: Latirostres (n. pl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies..
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Wind-sucking :: Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings..
Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow..
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
Progne :: Progne (n.) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin.
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. i.) To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Swallowwort :: Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.
Gulch :: Gulch (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
Quaff :: Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water..
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