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Swallow

To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.

Drink

To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid).

Swallow

To put up with (something unpleasant)
Swallowed the insults and kept on working.

Drink

To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel)
Drank a cup of tea.

Swallow

To refrain from expressing; suppress
Swallow one's feelings.
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Drink

To take in or soak up; absorb
Drank the fresh air.
Spongy earth that drank up the rain.

Swallow

To envelop or engulf
A building that was swallowed up by fire.

Drink

To take in eagerly through the senses or intellect
Drank in the beauty of the day.

Swallow

To consume or use up
Relief money that was swallowed by administrative costs.

Drink

To give or make (a toast).
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Swallow

(Slang) To believe without question
Swallowed the alibi.

Drink

To toast (a person or an occasion, for example)
We'll drink your health.

Swallow

To take back; retract
Swallow one's words.

Drink

To bring to a specific state by drinking alcoholic beverages
Drank our sorrows away.

Swallow

To say inarticulately; mumble
The actor swallowed his lines.

Drink

To swallow liquid
Drank noisily.
Drink from a goblet.

Swallow

To perform the act of swallowing.

Drink

To drink alcoholic beverages
They only drink socially.

Swallow

The act of swallowing.

Drink

To salute a person or an occasion with a toast
We will drink to your continued success.

Swallow

An amount swallowed.

Drink

A liquid that is fit for drinking; a beverage.

Swallow

(Nautical) The channel through which a rope runs in a block or a mooring chock.

Drink

An alcoholic beverage, such as a cocktail or beer.

Swallow

Any of various small graceful swift-flying passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a usually notched or forked tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects.

Drink

Chiefly Southern US See soft drink. tonic

Swallow

Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.

Drink

An amount of liquid swallowed
Took a long drink from the fountain.

Swallow

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

Drink

Liquid for drinking
The host provided food and drink.

Swallow

(transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

Drink

Excessive or habitual indulgence in alcoholic liquor.

Swallow

(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.
My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.

Drink

(Slang) A body of water; the sea
The hatch cover slid off the boat and into the drink.

Swallow

(transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

Drink

(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
He drank the water I gave him.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

Swallow

(intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

Drink

To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.

Swallow

(transitive) To retract; to recant.
To swallow one's opinions

Drink

(intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
You've been drinking, haven't you?
No thanks, I don't drink.
Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.

Swallow

(transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
To swallow an affront or insult

Drink

(transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.

Swallow

(archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

Drink

(transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.

Swallow

(archaic) The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.

Drink

To smoke, as tobacco.

Swallow

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.

Drink

A beverage.
I’d like another drink please.

Swallow

(nautical) The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.

Drink

(uncountable) Drinks in general; something to drink

Swallow

(Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

Drink

A type of beverage (usually mixed).
My favourite drink is the White Russian.

Swallow

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.

Drink

A (served) alcoholic beverage.
Can I buy you a drink?

Swallow

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, 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.

Drink

The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
He was about to take a drink from his root beer.

Swallow

Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.

Drink

Alcoholic beverages in general.

Swallow

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Drink

Any body of water.
If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!

Swallow

The act of swallowing.

Drink

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.
Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink.
He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty.
Drink of the cup that can not cloy.

Swallow

The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.

Drink

To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.
And they drank, and were merry with him.
Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely.
I drink to the general joy of the whole table,And to our dear friend Banquo.

Swallow

Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
I have no swallow for it.

Drink

To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.
There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss,There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed.
The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room.

Swallow

Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
There being nothing too gross for the swallow of political rancor.

Drink

To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
And let the purple violets drink the stream.

Swallow

As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.

Drink

To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
To drink the cooler air,
My ears have not yet drunk a hundred wordsOf that tongue's utterance.
Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye.

Swallow

That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

Drink

To smoke, as tobacco.
And some men now live ninety years and past,Who never drank to tobacco first nor last.

Swallow

To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
As if I had swallowed snowballs for pills.

Drink

Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.
Give me some drink, Titinius.

Swallow

To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb - usually followed by up.
The earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses.

Drink

Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.

Swallow

To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
Though that story . . . be not so readily swallowed.

Drink

A single serving of a beverage;
I asked for a hot drink
Likes a drink before dinner

Swallow

To engross; to appropriate; - usually with up.
Homer excels . . . in this, that he swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.

Drink

The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess;
Drink was his downfall

Swallow

To occupy; to take up; to employ.
The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time.

Drink

Any liquid suitable for drinking;
May I take your beverage order?

Swallow

To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Corruption swallowed what the liberal handOf bounty scattered.

Drink

Any large deep body of water;
He jumped into the drink and had to be rescued

Swallow

To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.

Drink

The act of swallowing;
One swallow of the liquid was enough
He took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips

Swallow

To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.

Drink

Take in liquids;
The patient must drink several liters each day
The children like to drink soda

Swallow

To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.

Drink

Consume alcohol;
We were up drinking all night

Swallow

A small amount of liquid food;
A sup of ale

Drink

Propose a toast to;
Let us toast the birthday girl!
Let's drink to the New Year

Swallow

The act of swallowing;
One swallow of the liquid was enough
He took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips

Drink

Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to;
The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage

Swallow

Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

Drink

Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic;
The husband drinks and beats his wife

Swallow

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;
Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!

Swallow

Engulf and destroy;
The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries

Swallow

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter

Swallow

Utter indistinctly;
She swallowed the last words of her speech

Swallow

Take back what one has said;
He swallowed his words

Swallow

Keep from expressing;
I swallowed my anger and kept quiet

Swallow

Tolerate or accommodate oneself to;
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
I swallowed the insult
She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies

Swallow

Believe or accept without questioning or challenge;
Am I supposed to swallow that story?

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