Kumedza

Kumedza chitiiko chinotedera zvadyiwa kubva mukwanwa, zvichidzika nepahuro, nenzira inoti muronga wemweya unenge wakavharika kuti munhu asakachidzwa.

Kuronda kana kudika (Block food passage as hastily eaten sweet potato does) zvichireva kudzipwa nechikafu sezvinoita munhu achimbidza kumedza mbambaira hombe.
Kudangarira kana kudunga (Swallow without chewing) zvichireva kumedza usina kutsenga kana kudungira.

Chirevo

Imbwa kumedza bvupa ingodada nechivhuno. A dog swallowing a bone is confident of its power to break it.
Munguva yeHondo yeChimurenga vaimbi vakaimba - Vakatora nyika vakaita machimbidza kumedza, kutsenga kuchada'.

Mitauro yeBantu

VaKikuyu vanoti komeria (v. swallowing) vachireva kumedza.