Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult..

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Merge :: Merge (v. i.) To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost..
Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..
Swept :: Swelve (v. t.) To swallow.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows; the gullet.
Absorbable :: Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..
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..
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..
Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sup or swallow.
Guttle :: Guttle (n.) To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Gormandize :: Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
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..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
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