swallow

nouns

a small amount of liquid food
"a sup of ale"
sup, swallow
the act of swallowing
"one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
deglutition, drink, swallow
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
swallow
is a type of (narrower)
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
oscine, oscine bird

verbs

pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
"Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
get down, swallow
engulf and destroy
"The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
swallow
is a type of (narrower)
defeat soundly
"The home team demolished the visitors"
demolish, destroy
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up
utter indistinctly
"She swallowed the last words of her speech"
swallow
is a type of (narrower)
express in speech
"She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
take back what one has said
"He swallowed his words"
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw
keep from expressing
"I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
swallow
is a type of (narrower)
put out of one's consciousness
repress, suppress
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"
accept, live with, swallow
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
"Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
swallow
is a type of (narrower)
accept as true; take to be true
"I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
believe