Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of swallowing is as below...

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) The act of swallowing.

Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..

Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.

Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..

Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..

Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..

Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.

Swallow :: Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallo.

Ingurgitation :: Ingurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.

Dysphagy :: Dysphagy (n.) Difficulty in swallowing.

Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..

Cultrivorous :: Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity..

Wind-sucking :: Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4..

Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..

Maw :: Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt..

Random Fonts

Most Popular