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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- swallow :a small amount of liquid food
- swallow :pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
- Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
- swallow :the act of swallowing
- one swallow of the liquid was enough|he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
- swallow :engulf and destroy
- The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
- swallow :enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
- swallow :utter indistinctly
- She swallowed the last words of her speech
- swallow :take back what one has said
- swallow :keep from expressing
- I swallowed my anger and kept quiet