Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..

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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..
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..
Linchi :: Linchi (n.) An esculent swallow.
Ruminate :: Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Englut :: Englut (v. t.) To swallow or gulp down.
Gulp :: Gulp (n.) The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An arrow.
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..
Engorge :: Engorge (v. t.) To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.
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..
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Ruminant :: Ruminant (a.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl..
Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..
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