Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..

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Swill :: Swill (n.) To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
Ingurgitation :: Ingurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl..
Latirostres :: Latirostres (n. pl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies..
Engulf :: Engulf (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..
Pill :: Pill (n.) A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..
Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..
Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.
Progne :: Progne (n.) A swallow.
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.
Swallowwort :: Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..
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