Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.

Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.

small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.

The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.

(v) To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.

To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.

That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

a large, slow movement of the chin followed by a soft "kuh," or an audible gulp

To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.

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 idiosyncracies"

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To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.

To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.

a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale"

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.

engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

The place between the sheave and housing of a block, through which a line is run.

keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech"

Taste; relish; inclination; liking.

To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"

To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.

the act of swallowing semen after ejaculation resulting from oral sex.

To occupy; to take up; to employ.

take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.

A female operative who uses sex as a tool.