swallow (noun)
41sea swallow — noun common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage • Syn: ↑Sterna hirundo • Hypernyms: ↑tern • Member Holonyms: ↑Sterna, ↑genus Sterna * * * noun …
42swallow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. ingest, gulp, devour, consume; absorb, engulf, assimilate, envelop; retract; bear, endure, submit to; believe, accept. See food, credulity, receiving. II (Roget s IV) n. Swallows include: bank,… …
43swallow — 1. verb /ˈswɒləʊ,ˈswɑ.loʊ/ a) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps …
44swallow-dive — swallˈow dive noun A dive during which one s arms are outstretched to the sides (also intransitive verb) • • • Main Entry: ↑swallow …
45swallow-wort — swallˈow wort noun 1. An asclepiad (Cynanchum or Vincetoxicum), from the swallowtailed appearance of its paired pods 2. Hence any asclepiad 3. The greater celandine (qv under ↑celandine) • • • Main Entry: ↑swallow …
46swallow — swallow1 verb 1》 cause or allow (food, drink, etc.) to pass down the throat. ↘make a similar movement of the throat, especially through fear or nervousness. 2》 take in and cause to disappear; engulf. 3》 put up with or meekly accept.… …
47swallow dive — /ˈswɒloʊ daɪv/ (say swoloh duyv) noun a dive in which the diver while in the air assumes a position with arms outstretched to the side, legs straight and together …
48swallow-hole — /ˈswɒloʊ hoʊl/ (say swoloh hohl) noun → sinkhole (def. 1) …
49swallow-tailed coat — /swɒloʊ teɪld ˈkoʊt/ (say swoloh tayld koht) noun a man s dress coat having the lower part cut away over the hips and descending in a pair of tapering skirts behind …
50swallow-wort — /ˈswɒloʊ wɜt/ (say swoloh wert) noun 1. → celandine (def. 1). 2. any of various plants of the family Asclepiadaceae, especially a herb, Cynanchum vincetoxicum, of Europe, with an emetic root formerly esteemed as a counterpoison …
