Synonyms: swallow, drink, deglutition
Definition: the act of swallowing
Usage: one swallow of the liquid was enough; he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
Similar words: uptake, consumption, ingestion, intake
Definition: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonyms: swallow
Definition: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
Similar words: oscine, oscine bird
Definition: passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
Definition: a small amount of liquid food
Usage: a sup of ale
Similar words: mouthful, taste
Definition: a small amount eaten or drunk
Usage: take a taste--you'll like it
Synonyms: swallow
Definition: believe or accept without questioning or challenge
Usage: Am I supposed to swallow that story?
Similar words: believe
Definition: accept as true; take to be true
Usage: I believed his report; We didn't believe his stories from the War; She believes in spirits
Synonyms: swallow, live with, accept
Definition: tolerate or accommodate oneself to
Usage: I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions; I swallowed the insult; She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
Similar words: endure, put up, digest, bear, abide, brook, stand, suffer, support, tolerate, stick out, stomach
Definition: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Usage: I cannot bear his constant criticism; The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks; he learned to tolerate the heat; She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
Synonyms: swallow
Definition: keep from expressing
Usage: I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
Synonyms: unsay, withdraw, swallow, take back
Definition: take back what one has said
Usage: He swallowed his words
Similar words: disown, renounce, repudiate
Definition: cast off
Usage: She renounced her husband; The parents repudiated their son
Synonyms: swallow
Definition: utter indistinctly
Usage: She swallowed the last words of her speech
Similar words: speak, verbalise, verbalize, utter, mouth, talk
Definition: express in speech
Usage: She talks a lot of nonsense; This depressed patient does not verbalize
Synonyms: swallow
Definition: engulf and destroy
Usage: The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
Similar words: demolish, destroy
Definition: defeat soundly
Usage: The home team demolished the visitors
Definition: pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
Usage: Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
Similar words: consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Definition: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Usage: Have another bowl of chicken soup!; I don't take sugar in my coffee
Synonyms: eat up, bury, immerse, swallow, swallow up
Definition: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
Usage: The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Similar words: close in, inclose, enclose, shut in
Definition: surround completely
Usage: Darkness enclosed him; They closed in the porch with a fence