swallows
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Definitions ofswallows
- A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
- The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
Example: "He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water."
- Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
- To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
- To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
- To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
Example: "My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow."
- To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
- To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
- To retract; to recant.
Example: "to swallow one's opinions"
- To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
Example: "to swallow an affront or insult"
- A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.
- The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
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