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SWALLOW

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There are 19 entries related to SWALLOW in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary.


1. What does SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
Sense 1/11: Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

2. What does SWALLOW UP mean?
pronunciation
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

3. What does SEA SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
Common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage

4. What does BANK SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
Swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks

5. What does BARN SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.

6. What does SWALLOW DIVE mean?
pronunciation
It's a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water

7. What does SWALLOW HOLE mean?
pronunciation
It's a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

8. What does SWALLOW WORT mean?
definition
Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers

9. What does TREE SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
Bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

10. What does WOOD SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow

11. What does CLIFF SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls

12. What does FAIRY SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
Fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet

13. What does SWALLOW SHRIKE mean?
definition
Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow

14. What does SWALLOW-TAILED mean?
pronunciation
(especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow

15. What does CHIMNEY SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

16. What does SWALLOW-TAILED COAT mean?
pronunciation
It's a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back

17. What does SWALLOW-TAILED HAWK mean?
pronunciation
Graceful North American black-and-white kite

18. What does SWALLOW-TAILED KITE mean?
pronunciation
Graceful North American black-and-white kite

19. What does WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW mean?
pronunciation
Bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities


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