Hyphenation of SWALLOW

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SWAL-LOW

Definitions of SWALLOW:

1.
A small amount of liquid food
A sup of ale
2.
The act of swallowing
One swallow of the liquid was enough He took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
3.
Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
4.
Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
5.
Engulf and destroy
The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
6.
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
7.
Utter indistinctly
She swallowed the last words of her speech
8.
Take back what one has said
He swallowed his words
9.
Keep from expressing
I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
10.
Tolerate or accommodate oneself to
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions I swallowed the insult She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
11.
Believe or accept without questioning or challenge
Am I supposed to swallow that story?

Synonyms of SWALLOW:

noun sup, taste, mouthful
noun drink, deglutition, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
noun oscine, oscine bird
verbget down, consume, ingest, take in, take, have
verb demolish, destroy
verb immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up, enclose, inclose, shut in
verb talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
verbtake back, unsay, withdraw, renounce, repudiate
verb suppress, repress
verb accept, live with, digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
verb believe

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