SWALLOW
\swˈɒlə͡ʊ], \swˈɒləʊ], \s_w_ˈɒ_l_əʊ]\
Definitions of SWALLOW
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A well-known bird noted for its swift and graceful flight; any of a class of swifts resembling the swallow; as much as can be taken through the gullet at once; the act of taking through the gullet.
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To take into the stomach through the esophagus, or gullet; to absorb or take in; to retract or take back; as, to swallow one's boasts; put up with; as, to swallow an insult.
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Swallower.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A migratory bird with long wings, which seizes its insect food on the wing.
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To receive through the gullet into the stomach: to ingulf: to absorb: to occupy: to exhaust.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To take into the stomach, as food.
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To take back; recant.
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That which is swallowed at one time; the act of swallowing.
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A small, swift bird with long, pointed wings, and forked tail.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Hirundo -s. Wort, Asclepias vincetoxicum- s. Wort, orange, Asclepias tuberosa-s. Wort, tuberous-rooted, Asclepias tuberosa- s. Wort, white, Asclepias vincetoxicum.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German, Icelandic] A small bird of passage, of the genus Hirundo, remarkable for its swiftness and the length of time it remains on the wing. It has dense plumage, very long wings, a forked or pointed tail, and small, hooked feet.
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n. The gullet or esophagus ; the throat ;-as much as is or can be swallowed at once; hence, appetite ;-voracity.
