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English

1. 🔊 the act of swallowing
   “one swallow of the liquid was enough”
2. 🔊 small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
3. 🔊 a small amount of liquid food
   “a sup of ale”
4. 🔊 believe or accept without questioning or challenge
   “Am I supposed to swallow that story?”
5. 🔊 keep from expressing
   “I swallowed my anger and kept quiet”
6. 🔊 take back what one has said
   “He swallowed his words”
7. 🔊 utter indistinctly
   “She swallowed the last words of her speech”
8. 🔊 engulf and destroy
   “The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries”
9. 🔊 pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
   “Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!”
10. 🔊 enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    “The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”
11. 🔊 tolerate or accommodate oneself to
    “I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions”

Spanish

1. 🔊 deglutir to swallow
2. 🔊 sorber to swallow
3. 🔊 tragar to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears)

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