to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.

to take in so as to envelop; withdraw from sight; assimilate or absorb

He was swallowed by the crowd.

to accept without question or suspicion.

to accept without opposition; put up with

to swallow an insult.

to accept for lack of an alternative

Consumers will have to swallow new price hikes.

to suppress (emotion, a laugh, a sob, etc.) as if by drawing it down one's throat.

to take back; retract

to swallow one's words.

to enunciate poorly; mutter

He swallowed his words.

to perform the act of swallowing.

the act or an instance of swallowing.

a quantity swallowed at one time; a mouthful

Take one swallow of brandy.

capacity for swallowing.

Also called crown , throat. Nautical, Machinery . the space in a block, between the groove of the sheave and the shell, through which the rope runs.

verb

expel , regurgitate , spit out , disbelieve , doubt

verb

absorb , belt * , bolt * , chugalug , devour , dispatch , dispose , down , drink , drop , eat , gobble , gulp , imbibe , ingest , ingurgitate , inhale , put away , quaff , sip , slurp , swig , swill , take , toss , wash down , wolf , accept , be naive , buy , fall for , abide , bear , brook , go , stand , stomach , suffer , support , sustain , tolerate , withstand , waste , appropriate , arrogate , believe , bolt , credit , englut , engorge , engross , engulf , ingulf , monopolize , overwhelm , pocket , submerge , suckin , withdraw

noun

gulp , ingestion