swallow¹ /swolˈō/

1. To take into the stomach through the gullet by a muscular movement of the throat
2. To engulf or subsume (often with up)
3. To take in
4. To accept, sit down under (eg an affront)
5. To stifle or repress (eg tears or one's pride)
6. To believe credulously

To perform the action of swallowing something

1. An abyss
2. A swallow hole
3. A throat
4. An act of swallowing
5. A gulp
6. A quantity swallowed at once
7. Capacity for swallowing
8. The aperture in a block, between the sheave and frame, through which the rope runs (nautical)

swallˈet noun

A swallow hole

swallˈower noun

swallow hole noun

A funnel or fissure through which surface water passes underground, esp in limestone (also called sink hole)

swallow one's pride

To humble oneself

swallow² /swolˈō/

1. A small long-winged migratory bird (Hirundo rustica), with a forked tail, that catches insects on the wing
2. Any bird of its genus or family
3. Extended to various unrelated birds of similar form or habits

swallˈow-dive noun

A dive during which one's arms are outstretched to the sides (also intransitive verb)

swallˈowtail noun

1. A forked tail
2. A long-tailed dress coat
3. A butterfly of the family Papilionidae with prolongations of the hind wings
4. A barbed arrow
5. A pennon
6. A swallowtailed bird (eg the hummingbird and the kite)

swallˈowtailed adjective

With a forked and pointed tail

swallˈow-wort noun

1. An asclepiad (Cynanchum or Vincetoxicum), from the swallowtailed appearance of its paired pods
2. Hence any asclepiad
3. The greater celandine (qv under celandine)

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