Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.

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Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat..
Ingurgitation :: Ingurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows; the gullet.
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..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
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.
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..
Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sup or swallow.
Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Glut :: Glut (v. t.) To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge..
Hirundo :: Hirundo (n.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
Englut :: Englut (v. t.) To swallow or gulp down.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Swallowwort :: Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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