Definition of swallow

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Swallow (n.) The act of swallowing.

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Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Latirostres :: Latirostres (n. pl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies..
Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth..
Swept :: Swelve (v. t.) To swallow.
Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
Bird''s-nest :: Bird's-nest (n.) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..
Burgee :: Burgee (n.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels..
Swallowing :: Swallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Swallo.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink..
Engorge :: Engorge (v. t.) To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.
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..
Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
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..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Gurge :: Gurge (v. t.) 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..
Absorbable :: Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
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