Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult..

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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
Gurge :: Gurge (v. t.) To swallow up.
Engouled :: Engouled (a.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled..
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water..
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows; the gullet.
Merge :: Merge (v. i.) To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () See Cornish chough, under Chough..
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..
Martin :: Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows..
Ruminant :: Ruminant (a.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
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..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat..
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift..
Ruminate :: Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
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..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..
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