swallow (noun)
31swallow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English swalowe, from Old English swealwe; akin to Old High German swalawa swallow Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous small widely distributed oscine birds (family Hirundinidae, the swallow family) that have a… …
32wood swallow — noun Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow • Syn: ↑swallow shrike • Hypernyms: ↑oscine, ↑oscine bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Artamus, ↑genus Artamus * * * …
33swallow — [[t]swɒ̱loʊ[/t]] swallows, swallowing, swallowed 1) VERB If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach. [V n] You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B... Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed… …
34swallow — 1 verb 1 FOOD (T) to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach: He swallowed the last of his coffee and asked for the bill. 2 NERVOUSLY (I) to make this kind of movement with your throat, especially because you are nervous:… …
35swallow — I UK [ˈswɒləʊ] / US [ˈswɑloʊ] verb Word forms swallow : present tense I/you/we/they swallow he/she/it swallows present participle swallowing past tense swallowed past participle swallowed ** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to make food or drink… …
36swallow — I. /ˈswɒloʊ / (say swoloh) verb (t) 1. to take into the stomach through the throat or gullet (oesophagus), as food, drink, or other substances. 2. Colloquial to accept without question or suspicion. 3. to accept without opposition; put up with:… …
37white-bellied swallow — noun bluish green and white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities • Syn: ↑tree swallow, ↑Iridoprocne bicolor • Hypernyms: ↑swallow * * * noun : a widely distributed No. American swallow (Iridoprocne bicolor) that nests in holes in trees… …
38swallow — swal|low1 [ swalou ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make food or drink go from your mouth down through your throat and into your stomach: She quickly swallowed the rest of her coffee. I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow. a )… …
39swallow — {{11}}swallow (n.) migratory bird (family Hirundinidae), O.E. swealwe, from P.Gmc. *swalwon (Cf. O.S., O.N., O.Fris., Swed. svala, Dan. svale, M.Du. zwalewe, Du. zwaluw, O.H.G. swalawa, Ger. Schwalbe), from PIE *swol wi (Cf. Rus. solowej, Slovak… …
40swallow*/ — [ˈswɒləʊ] verb I 1) [I/T] to make food or drink go down your throat and into your stomach She quickly swallowed the rest of her coffee.[/ex] I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow.[/ex] 2) to make a movement in your throat as if you are… …
