Definition of swallow

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Swallow (n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat..

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Swam :: Swallowwort (n.) A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort..
Swallowfish :: Swallower (n.) One who swallows; also, a glutton..
Swallowing :: Swallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Swallo.
Gulch :: Gulch (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..
Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
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.
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..
Pouch :: Pouch (v. t.) To swallow; -- said of fowls.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up..
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