Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..

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Swallow :: Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallo.
Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl..
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up..
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..
Progne :: Progne (n.) A swallow.
Guttle :: Guttle (n.) To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow..
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Resorb :: Resorb (v. t.) To swallow up.
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. i.) To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Gurge :: Gurge (v. t.) To swallow up.
Drink :: Drink (n.) Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions..
Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..
Dysphagy :: Dysphagy (n.) Difficulty in swallowing.
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