Swallow vs. Drink

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

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

To put up with (something unpleasant)

To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel)

To refrain from expressing; suppress

To take in or soak up; absorb

To envelop or engulf

To take in eagerly through the senses or intellect

To consume or use up

To give or make (a toast).

(Slang) To believe without question

To toast (a person or an occasion, for example)

To take back; retract

To bring to a specific state by drinking alcoholic beverages

To say inarticulately; mumble

To swallow liquid

To perform the act of swallowing.

To drink alcoholic beverages

The act of swallowing.

To salute a person or an occasion with a toast

An amount swallowed.

A liquid that is fit for drinking; a beverage.

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

An alcoholic beverage, such as a cocktail or beer.

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.

Chiefly Southern US See soft drink. tonic

Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.

An amount of liquid swallowed

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

Liquid for drinking

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

Excessive or habitual indulgence in alcoholic liquor.

(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.

(Slang) A body of water; the sea

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

(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

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

To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).

(transitive) To retract; to recant.

(intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.

(transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

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

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

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

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

To smoke, as tobacco.

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

A beverage.

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

(uncountable) Drinks in general; something to drink

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

A type of beverage (usually mixed).

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.

A (served) alcoholic beverage.

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.

The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.

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

Alcoholic beverages in general.

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Any body of water.

The act of swallowing.

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.

The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.

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.

Taste; relish; inclination; liking.

To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.

Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

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

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

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

That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

To smoke, as tobacco.

To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or 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.

To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb - usually followed by up.

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

To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.

A single serving of a beverage;

To engross; to appropriate; - usually with up.

The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess;

To occupy; to take up; to employ.

Any liquid suitable for drinking;

To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

Any large deep body of water;

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

The act of swallowing;

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

Take in liquids;

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

Consume alcohol;

A small amount of liquid food;

Propose a toast to;

The act of swallowing;

Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to;

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

Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic;

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;

Engulf and destroy;

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

Utter indistinctly;

Take back what one has said;

Keep from expressing;

Tolerate or accommodate oneself to;

Believe or accept without questioning or challenge;