Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..

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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..
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings..
Aglutition :: Aglutition (n.) Inability to swallow.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine..
Pouch :: Pouch (v. t.) To swallow; -- said of fowls.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth..
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Chelidonius :: Chelidonius (n.) A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow..
Turnus :: Turnus (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail..
Asclepias :: Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult..
Republican :: Republican (n.) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together..
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Progne :: Progne (n.) A swallow.
Hirundo :: Hirundo (n.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.
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