Meaning of swallow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.
4. To perform the act of swallowing.
5. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1703).
   countable, uncountable
6. The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
7. Any of various small, swift-flying birds that have narrow pointed wings, a forked or notched tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects in the air. Swallows migrate over thousands of miles each year.
8. The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
   countable, uncountable
9. An act of swallowing:gulp, ingestion.
10. The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
    countable, uncountable
11. an act of swallowing. sluk إبْتِلاع، إزْدِراد преглъщане trago polknutí; lok das Schlucken synkebevægelse κατάποσηtrago neelamine بلع nielaisu avalement, déglutitionבליעה अबाबील, निगरण, घूंट गला, ग्रास, ग्रसिका हलक gutanje (le)nyelés penelanan kynging, gleyping inghiottimento, deglutizione 飲みこむこと 삼킴 rijimas []rīšana telan het slikken svelging, sluking; munnfull łykanie, łyknięcie بلع trago înghiţitură, deglutiţie глотание prehltnutie požiranje gutanje sväljning, klunk การกลืน yutma, kanma 咽 к...
12. Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing, commonly paired and eaten with various types of soup.
    Nigeria, countable, uncountable
13. to behave humbly eg by making an apology. sluk jou trots يَتَنازَل عن كِبْرِيائِه ويَعْتَذِر унижавам се humilhar-se odložit pýchu seinen Stolz herunterschlucken bide sin stolthed i sig καταπίνω τον εγωισμό μου tragarse el orgullo oma uhkust alla neelama متواضعانه خواهش كردن niellä ylpeytensä ravaler son amour-propre לְווַתֵר עַל כְּבוֹדוֹ progutati ponos, biti smjeran félreteszi a büszkeségét bersikap merendah kyngja stoltinu, biðjast afsökunar umiliarsi, 我慢する 자존심을 억누르다 nusižeminti, nusileis...
    eg
14. to cause to disappear completely. She was swallowed up in the crowd. verdwyn in يَتَوارى، يَخْتَفي تماما поглъщам tragar pohltit verschlucken opsluge εξαφανίζω, καταβροχθίζωtragar (millessegi) kaduma, endasse neelama ناپديد شدن hävitä näkyvistä engloutir לְהֵיַעֵלם समाप्त करना progutati, proždrijeti elnyel lenyap umlykja, gleypa inghiottire 見えなくなる 완전히 사라지다 įtraukti, ištirpinti aprīt; pārņemt; apņemt menyerap opslokkenbli oppslukt av, forsvinne helt i pochłaniać ورک کیدل tragar a face să dispa...
15. a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail. swaeltjie سُنونو лястовица andorinha vlaštovka die Schwalbe svale χελιδόνι pääsuke پرستو pääskynen hirondelleסנונית lastavica, lasta fecske burung walet svala rondine つばめ 제비 kregždė bezdelīga layang-layang zwaluwsvalejaskółka پرستو andorinha rân­du­nică ласточка lastovička lastovka lasta svala นกนางแอ่น kırlangıç 燕子 ластівка ایک قسم کا پرندہ chim nhạn 燕子
16. To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.
17. To put up with (something unpleasant): swallowed the insults and kept on working.
18. To refrain from expressing; suppress: swallow one's feelings.

Equivalents

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.”

“He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.”

“She took a swallow of milk and made a face. "This milk is blinky."”

“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.”

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