| VERB | consumption | swallow, get down | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking |
|---|---|---|---|
| competition | swallow | engulf and destroy | |
| contact | swallow, immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | |
| communication | swallow | utter indistinctly | |
| communication | swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw | take back what one has said | |
| cognition | swallow | keep from expressing | |
| cognition | swallow, accept, live with | tolerate or accommodate oneself to | |
| cognition | swallow | believe or accept without questioning or challenge | |
| NOUN | food | swallow, sup | a small amount of liquid food |
| act | swallow, drink, deglutition | the act of swallowing | |
| animal | swallow | small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations |
| Sounds | swaa'low; swao'low | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low... | |
| Meaning | A small amount of liquid food. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | sup | |
| Broader | taste, mouthful | A small amount eaten or drunk |
| Spanish | sorbo | |
| Meaning | The act of swallowing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "one swallow of the liquid was enough" | |
| Synonyms | drink, deglutition | |
| Narrower | aerophagia | swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence) |
| gulp, draft, draught, swig | A large and hurried swallow | |
| sip | A small drink | |
| Broader | consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
| Spanish | deglución | |
| Catalan | deglució, deglutició | |
| Verbs | swallow | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking |
| Meaning | small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | barn swallow, chimney swallow, Hirundo rustica | Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc. |
| cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota | North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls / walls | |
| martin | Any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings | |
| tree swallow, tree martin, Hirundo nigricans | Of Australia and Polynesia | |
| white-bellied swallow, tree swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow | |
| Broader | oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
| Spanish | golondrina | |
| Catalan | oreneta | |
| Meaning | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They swallow more bread | |
| Example | "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" | |
| Synonym | get down | |
| Entailed by | eat | take in solid food |
| gulp, quaff, swig | To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught | |
| Narrower | bolt | swallow hastily |
| Spanish | chascar, deglutir, ingurgitar, tragarse, tragar | |
| Catalan | empassar-se, empassar, engolir | |
| Nouns | swallow | the act of swallowing |
| Meaning | engulf and destroy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries" | |
| Broader | demolish, destroy | defeat soundly |
| Meaning | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" | |
| Synonyms | immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up | |
| Broader | enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely |
| Spanish | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar, sumir | |
| Catalan | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar, sumir | |
| Meaning | Utter indistinctly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She swallowed the last words of her speech" | |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
| Meaning | take back what one has said. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He swallowed his words" | |
| Synonyms | take back, unsay, withdraw | |
| Broader | disown, renounce, repudiate | Cast off |
| Spanish | desdecirse | |
| Catalan | desdir-se | |
| Meaning | Keep from expressing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet" | |
| Broader | restrain, keep, keep back, hold back | Keep under control |
| Meaning | Tolerate or accommodate oneself to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "I swallowed the insult" | |
| Synonyms | accept, live with | |
| Broader | digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up | put up with something or somebody unpleasant |
| Spanish | acceptar, aceptar, tragarse, vivir con | |
| Catalan | acceptar | |
| Meaning | Believe or accept without questioning or challenge. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" | |
| Broader | believe | Accept as true |
| Spanish | tragarse, tragar | |
| Catalan | empassar | |
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