Dictionary entry details
• SWALLOW (noun)
Meaning:
A small amount of liquid food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
sup; swallow
Context example:
a sup of ale
Hypernyms ("swallow" is a kind of...):
mouthful; taste (a small amount eaten or drunk)
Meaning:
The act of swallowing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
deglutition; swallow; drink
Context examples:
one swallow of the liquid was enough / he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
Hypernyms ("swallow" is a kind of...):
consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swallow"):
aerophagia (swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence))
draft; draught; gulp; swig (a large and hurried swallow)
sip (a small drink)
Meaning:
Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("swallow" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swallow"):
barn swallow; chimney swallow; Hirundo rustica (common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.)
cliff swallow; Hirundo pyrrhonota (North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls)
Hirundo nigricans; tree martin; tree swallow (of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities)
Iridoprocne bicolor; tree swallow; white-bellied swallow (bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities)
martin (any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas)
• SWALLOW (verb)
Meaning:
Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
swallow; get down
Context example:
Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
Hypernyms (to "swallow" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "swallow"):
bolt (swallow hastily)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They swallow more bread
Meaning:
Engulf and destroy
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
Hypernyms (to "swallow" is one way to...):
demolish; destroy (defeat soundly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
swallow up; eat up; immerse; swallow; bury
Context example:
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Hypernyms (to "swallow" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Utter indistinctly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
She swallowed the last words of her speech
Hypernyms (to "swallow" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take back what one has said
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
unsay; withdraw; take back; swallow
Context example:
He swallowed his words
Hypernyms (to "swallow" is one way to...):
renounce; repudiate (cast off or disown)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Keep from expressing
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
Hypernyms (to "swallow" is one way to...):
repress; suppress (put out of one's consciousness)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Tolerate or accommodate oneself to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
live with; accept; swallow
Context examples:
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions / I swallowed the insult / She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
Hypernyms (to "swallow" is one way to...):
abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Believe or accept without questioning or challenge
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Am I supposed to swallow that story?
Hypernyms (to "swallow" is one way to...):
believe (accept as true; take to be true)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
