swallow
/ˈswɑ.loʊ/ verb A2- To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
- To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb. · death is swallowed up in victory
- To take food down into the stomach; or to make muscular contractions of the oesophagus from nervousness or strong emotion. · My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
- To accept easily, gullibly, or without questions; to be deceived by; to believe, accept.
- To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
- To retract; to recant. · to swallow one's opinions, to swallow one's pride
- To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation. · to swallow an affront or insult
- To swallow semen after oral sex, as opposed to spitting it out.
He/she/it swallows · Past swallowed · Past participle swallowed · -ing form swallowing
Verb forms
- Base form
- swallow
- He/she/it
- swallows
- Past
- swallowed
- Past participle
- swallowed
- -ing form
- swallowing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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See the greater swallows pass
So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly.
“Is that all?” said Alice, swallowing down her anger as well as she could.
Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit.
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