swallow
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English swolwen, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą (“to swallow, revel, devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *swelk- (“to gulp”). Cognate with Dutch zwelgen (“to revel, carouse, guzzle”), German schwelgen (“to delight, indulge”), Danish svælge (“to swallow”), Norwegian Bokmål svelge (“to swallow”), Norwegian Nynorsk svelgje (“to swallow”), Swedish svälja (“to swallow, gulp”), Faroese svølgja (“to swallow”), Icelandic svelgja (“to swallow”), Old English swillan, swilian (“to swill, wash out, gargle”). See also swill.
The noun is from Middle English swolow, swolwe, from Old English swelh, swelg (“gulf, chasm”) and ġeswelge (“gulf, chasm, abyss, whirlpool”), both from Proto-West Germanic *swelg, *swalgi, from Proto-Germanic *swelgaz, *swalgiz. Cognate with Old English swiliġe (“pit”), Scots swelch, swellie, swallie (“an abyss in the sea, whirpool”), Middle Low German swelch (“whirlpool, eddy”), Dutch zwelg (“gorge, chasm, gullet, throat”), Old Norse svelgr (“whirlpool, current, stream”).
Inflected forms:
form: swallows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: swallowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: swallowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: swallowed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: swalow
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: swolow
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: swallows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: swalow
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: swolow
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.
Clothes are to be worn and food is to be swallowed: they remain trapped in the physical world.
The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.
gloss: To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time.
His body, like so many others swallowed by the ocean's hungry maw, was never found.
Elsewhere still, they'd managed to find the wreck of a Japanese midget submarine, and so, when the battleships were done being swallowed by the seabed, some efforts were being made to haul this up as well.
gloss: To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
She swallowed nervously then, appearing near sick with what she had to say.
gloss: To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: this humbug was readily swallowed by men who were supposed to be intelligent,
Most newspapers we saw swallowed whole an S.R. estimate that it would cost £20m to equip the Region with point heaters.
Be careful of the Commie Lies / swallow them and freedom dies / The USA must realize / that she's the biggest prize.
Americans swallowed his tale because they wanted to.
gloss: To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Homer excels […] in this, that he swallowed up the honour of those who succeeded him.
gloss: To retract; to recant.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to swallow one's opinions
Left her in her tears, and dried not one of them with his comfort; swallowed his vows whole
gloss: To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to swallow an affront or insult
gloss: To fellate; perform oral sex.
pos: verb
tags: slang
gloss: A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: The door burst wide open, and he saw nothing but a gaping jaw extending from the threshold up to the lintel. "There is a mouthful for you," said the youngster, and threw the pauper boy into the swallow; "taste that! But let me see now who you are! Perhaps you are an old acquaintance?" And so it was; it was the devil who was about again.
gloss: The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.
She took a swallow of milk and made a face. "This milk is blinky."
gloss: The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In addition, j-lock shackles can pass through the swallow of a modern genoa track even with a sheet in tension already there, and this is very useful when preparing a sail change on the same tack.
Blocks are made in a great variety of patterns. All are designed to be used one way. The rope goes through the swallow.
When specifying blocks, excessive friction is avoided by ensuring (a) that the diameter of the sheave is at least twice the circumference of the rope or six times its diameter (preferably more), and (b) that the 'swallow' of the block is substantially wider than the diameter of the rope, to avoid rubbing against the inside of the cheeks.
gloss: Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing, commonly paired and eaten with various types of soup.
pos: noun
tags: Nigeria
countable
uncountable
Related words: dysphagia
Derived words: midswallow
swallow hole
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: përpij
lang: Central Bikol
word: halon
lang: Bulgarian
word: поглъщам
roman: poglǎštam
lang: Catalan
word: empassar
lang: Chickasaw
word: nannabli
lang: Czech
word: spolknout
lang: Esperanto
word: gluti
lang: Esperanto
word: engluti
lang: Finnish
word: niellä
lang: French
word: avaler
lang: German
word: verschlucken
lang: Hungarian
word: elnyel
lang: Hungarian
word: bekebelez
lang: Hungarian
word: bekap
lang: Old Irish
word: sluicid
lang: Italian
word: consumare
lang: Italian
word: assorbire
lang: Japanese
word: 嚥下する
roman: enge suru
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: daqurtandin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: daûrandin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: dabilandin
lang: Macedonian
word: про́голта
roman: prógolta
lang: Macedonian
word: го́лта
roman: gólta
lang: Māori
word: horopū
lang: Middle English
word: swolwen
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sluke
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sluke
lang: Old Norse
word: gleypa
lang: Portuguese
word: engolir
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sluig
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: гу̀тати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: прогу̀тати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gùtati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: progùtati
lang: Sicilian
word: nguḍḍari
lang: Spanish
word: tragar
lang: Swahili
word: meza
lang: Swedish
word: sluka
lang: Telugu
word: తిను
roman: tinu
lang: Turkish
word: almak
lang: Turkish
word: tüketmek
lang: Zazaki
word: groten