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English noun: swallow | |||
| 1. | swallow (food) a small amount of liquid food | ||
| Samples | A sup of ale. | ||
| Synonyms | sup | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mouthful, taste | ||
| 2. | swallow (act) the act of swallowing | ||
| Samples | One swallow of the liquid was enough. He took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips. | ||
| Synonyms | deglutition, drink | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aerophagia, draft, draught, gulp, sip, swig | ||
| 3. | swallow (animal) small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | oscine, oscine bird | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barn swallow, chimney swallow, cliff swallow, Hirundo nigricans, Hirundo pyrrhonota, Hirundo rustica, Iridoprocne bicolor, martin, tree martin, tree swallow, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow | ||
English verb: swallow | |||
| 1. | swallow (consumption) pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking | ||
| Samples | Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!. | ||
| Examples | They swallow more bread | ||
| Synonyms | get down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consume, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bolt | ||
| 2. | swallow (competition) engulf and destroy | ||
| Samples | The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | demolish, destroy | ||
| 3. | swallow (contact) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | ||
| Samples | The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter. | ||
| Synonyms | bury, eat up, immerse, swallow up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | ||
| 4. | swallow (communication) utter indistinctly | ||
| Samples | She swallowed the last words of her speech. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| 5. | swallow (communication) take back what one has said | ||
| Samples | He swallowed his words. | ||
| Synonyms | take back, unsay, withdraw | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disown, renounce, repudiate | ||
| 6. | swallow (cognition) keep from expressing | ||
| Samples | I swallowed my anger and kept quiet. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | repress, suppress | ||
| 7. | swallow (cognition) tolerate or accommodate oneself to | ||
| Samples | I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions. I swallowed the insult. She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies. | ||
| Synonyms | accept, live with | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate | ||
| 8. | swallow (cognition) believe or accept without questioning or challenge | ||
| Samples | Am I supposed to swallow that story?. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | believe | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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