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▸ verb: (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
▸ verb: (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
▸ verb: (transitive) To retract; to recant.
▸ verb: (transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
▸ noun: (archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
▸ noun: (archaic) The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.
▸ noun: The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
▸ noun: (nautical) The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
▸ noun: (Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1703).
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barn swallow,
tree swallow,
cliff swallow,
purple martin,
bank swallow,
swallow-tailed kite,
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