Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.

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Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
Quaff :: Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
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..
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..
Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..
Rhachiodont :: Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them..
Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
Hirundine :: Hirundine (a.) Like or pertaining to the swallows.
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.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Asclepias :: Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties..
Swallow-tailed :: Swallowtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe..
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