• the act of Swallowing; "one Swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
• small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
• a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale"
• believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to Swallow that story?"
• tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I Swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies"
• keep from expressing; "I Swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
• take back what one has said; "He Swallowed his words"
• utter indistinctly; "She Swallowed the last words of her speech"
• engulf and destroy; "The Nazis Swallowed the Baltic countries"
• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won''t kill you!"
• enclose or envelop completely, as if by Swallowing; "The huge waves Swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

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