Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To occupy; to take up; to employ.

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Introsume :: Introsume (v. t.) To draw in; to swallow.
Langarey :: Langarey (n.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow..
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.
Latirostres :: Latirostres (n. pl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies..
Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. t.) To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer..
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Progne :: Progne (n.) 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..
Quaff :: Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
Resorb :: Resorb (v. t.) To swallow up.
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..
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..
Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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