Words Like SWALLOW
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SWALLOW.
59 Alternative Words Similar to swallow
8 examples of swallow
1
to swallow food or drink
2
to swallow one's opinions
3
to swallow an affront or insult
4
his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow
5
a swallow of water
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She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
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I swallowed the insult
8
he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
10 definitions of swallow
1
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.
2
Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
3
The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
4
To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach.
5
To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
6
To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
7
To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
8
To occupy; to take up; to employ.
9
To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
10
To retract; to recant.