Definition of swallow

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Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift..

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Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their
Englut :: Englut (v. t.) To swallow or gulp down.
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities..
Linchi :: Linchi (n.) An esculent swallow.
Swill :: Swill (n.) To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
Swallowwort :: Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
Asclepias :: Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties..
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Glut :: Glut (n.) That which is swallowed.
Aglutition :: Aglutition (n.) Inability to swallow.
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
Swallow-tailed :: Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat..
Musang :: Musang (n.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
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