swallow

Meanings

• a small amount of liquid food
• the act of swallowing
  • "one swallow of the liquid was enough"
• small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
  • "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
• engulf and destroy
  • "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
  • "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
• utter indistinctly
  • "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
• take back what one has said
  • "He swallowed his words"
• keep from expressing
  • "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
• tolerate or accommodate oneself to
  • "I swallowed the insult"
• believe or accept without questioning or challenge
  • "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"

Synonyms

accept, bury, deglutition, drink, eat up, get down, immerse, live with, sup, swallow up, take back, unsay, withdraw