swallow

swallow is a 7-letter English word with 29 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 29 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.
2. noun. Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
3. noun. The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
4. transitive verb. To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
5. transitive verb. To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
6. transitive verb. To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
7. transitive verb. To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
8. transitive verb. To occupy; to take up; to employ.
9. transitive verb. To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
10. transitive verb. To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.
11. transitive verb. To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
12. intransitive verb. To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.
13. noun. The act of swallowing.
14. noun. The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.
15. noun. Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
16. noun. Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
17. noun. As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.
18. noun. That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
19. noun. the act of swallowing

    "one swallow of the liquid was enough"

    "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"

    Synonyms: deglutition, drink

20. noun. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
21. noun. a small amount of liquid food

    "a sup of ale"

    Synonyms: sup

22. verb. believe or accept without questioning or challenge

    "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"

23. verb. tolerate or accommodate oneself to

    "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"

    "I swallowed the insult"

    Synonyms: accept

24. verb. keep from expressing

    "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

25. verb. take back what one has said

    "He swallowed his words"

    Synonyms: unsay, withdraw

26. verb. utter indistinctly

    "She swallowed the last words of her speech"

27. verb. engulf and destroy

    "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

28. verb. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

    "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

29. verb. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

    "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

    Synonyms: bury, immerse

Synonyms

deglutition, drink, sup, accept, unsay, withdraw, bury, immerse

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in swallow:

wallows

Common word forms

swallows, swallowed, swallower, swallowing, swallowable

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