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swallow

/ˈswɑ.loʊ/ verbe A2

En français : avaler, déglutir, digérer

  1. To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. (transitive)
  2. To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb. (transitive) · death is swallowed up in victory
  3. To take food down into the stomach; or to make muscular contractions of the oesophagus from nervousness or strong emotion. (intransitive) · My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
  4. To accept easily, gullibly, or without questions; to be deceived by; to believe, accept. (figuratively, transitive)
  5. To engross; to appropriate; usually with up. (figuratively, transitive)
  6. To retract; to recant. (figuratively, transitive) · to swallow one's opinions, to swallow one's pride
  7. To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation. (figuratively, transitive) · to swallow an affront or insult
  8. To swallow semen after oral sex, as opposed to spitting it out. (slang)

He/she/it swallows · Prétérit swallowed · Participe passé swallowed · Forme en -ing swallowing

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
swallow
He/she/it
swallows
Prétérit
swallowed
Participe passé
swallowed
Forme en -ing
swallowing

Dans la bibliothèque

See the greater swallows pass
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1
So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 28 · B2
“Is that all?” said Alice, swallowing down her anger as well as she could.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 32 · B2
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.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 35 · B2

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