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Meanings of swallow in English

Russian
hirundininae
Portuguese
hirundininae
Catalan
hirundininae
Spanish
hirundininae
Wikidata

Bird.

        Related terms
        hirundininae
        Portuguese
        deglutição
        Catalan
        deglució

        The act of swallowing.

              deglutição
              Spanish
              enterrar

              Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.

                    enterrar
                    Portuguese
                    devolver
                    Catalan
                    desdir-se

                    Take back what one has said.

                          devolver
                          Usage of swallow in English
                          1
                          My spouse wanted her own 'healthy' food that I can barely swallow.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          Their message is simple and easy to swallow: Beer tastes, says Oliver.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          They're claimin' to offer the fountain a youth in 'easy-to-swallow time-released capsules'.
                          G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
                          4
                          I shall turn them to me, or I shall swallow their souls.
                          Monster Hunter International
                          5
                          I saw a single swallow jinking its way south on October 28th.
                          The Irish Times
                          6
                          The omission was denoted by the swallow fork in the left ear.
                          Ma Pettengill
                          7
                          Beside her, she heard her good friend Karl Zivonik swallow a chuckle.
                          Treecat Wars
                          8
                          Just swallow it whole already! I said in my best teasing voice.
                          Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of islam
                          9
                          Journalists are skilled at making difficult concepts attractive and easy to swallow.
                          Wired
                          10
                          The red-bellied swallow; was discovered in 1849, by Mr. Layard at Ambepusse.
                          Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
                          11
                          The words were past her before she had time to swallow them.
                          Crown of Midnight
                          12
                          Clearly, the African swallow is not a threat but an enriching presence.
                          The Guardian
                          13
                          I'm sure I can come up with a story that he'll swallow.
                          Avalon
                          14
                          I wish the earth would open up and swallow Jennifer French whole.
                          Hula Done It?
                          15
                          He cracked open the Coca-Cola she'd brought and took a long swallow.
                          Rain gods
                          16
                          He takes the capsule now with a swallow of the bottled water.
                          Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
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                          Translations for swallow
                          Swallow through the time
                          Swallow across language varieties
                          Canada
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
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