Noun

• S: (n) swallow (swallow%1:13:00::), sup (sup%1:13:00::) (a small amount of liquid food) "a sup of ale"
• S: (n) swallow (swallow%1:04:00::), drink (drink%1:04:01::), deglutition (deglutition%1:04:00::) (the act of swallowing) "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
• S: (n) swallow (swallow%1:05:00::) (small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations)

Verb

• S: (v) swallow (swallow%2:34:00::), get down (get_down%2:34:00::) (pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking) "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
• S: (v) swallow (swallow%2:33:00::) (engulf and destroy) "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
• S: (v) immerse (immerse%2:35:01::), swallow (swallow%2:35:00::), swallow up (swallow_up%2:35:00::), bury (bury%2:35:02::), eat up (eat_up%2:35:00::) (enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing) "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
• S: (v) swallow (swallow%2:32:01::) (utter indistinctly) "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• S: (v) swallow (swallow%2:32:00::), take back (take_back%2:32:00::), unsay (unsay%2:32:00::), withdraw (withdraw%2:32:01::) (take back what one has said) "He swallowed his words"
• S: (v) swallow (swallow%2:31:01::) (keep from expressing) "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
• S: (v) accept (accept%2:31:03::), live with (live_with%2:31:00::), swallow (swallow%2:31:03::) (tolerate or accommodate oneself to) "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
• S: (v) swallow (swallow%2:31:00::) (believe or accept without questioning or challenge) "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"