swallow

Noun

• small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

• the act of swallowing
  • one swallow of the liquid was enough
    
  • he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
    

• a small amount of liquid food
  • a sup of ale
    

Verb

• believe or accept without questioning or challenge
  • Am I supposed to swallow that story?
    

• 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
    

• keep from expressing
  • I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
    

• take back what one has said
  • He swallowed his words
    

• utter indistinctly
  • She swallowed the last words of her speech
    

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
  • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
    

• engulf and destroy
  • The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
    

• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
  • Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
    

Related words

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