Swallow

Definition: Swallow

Swallow

Noun

1. A small amount of liquid food: "a sup of ale".

2. The act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips".

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

Verb

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

2. Engulf and destroy, as if by ingestion: "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries".

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

4. Utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech".

5. Take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words".

6. Keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet".

7. 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".

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

Date "swallow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Swallow (1.) Heb. sis (Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7), the Arabic for the swift, which "is a regular migrant, returning in myriads every spring, and so suddenly that while one day not a swift can be seen in the country, on the next they have overspread the whole land, and fill the air with their shrill cry." The swift (cypselus) is ordinarily classed with the swallow, which it resembles in its flight, habits, and migration. (2.) Heb. deror, i.e., "the bird of freedom" (Ps. 84:3; Prov. 26:2), properly rendered swallow, distinguished for its swiftness of flight, its love of freedom, and the impossibility of retaining it in captivity. In Isa. 38:14 and Jer. 8:7 the word thus rendered ('augr) properly means "crane" (as in the R.V.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	To dream of swallows, is a sign of peace and domestic harmony. To see a wounded or dead one, signifies unavoidable sadness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Swallow According to Scandinavian tradition, this bird hovered over the cross of our Lord, crying "Svala! svala!" (Console! console!) whence it was called svalow (the bird of consolation). (See Christian Traditions. ) The swallow is said to bring home from the sea-shore a stone which gives sight to her fledglings. "Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings." Longfellow: Evangeline, part i. It is lucky for a swallow to build about one's house. This is a Roman superstition. Ælian says that the swallow was sacred to the Penate or household gods, and therefore to injure one would be to bring wrath upon your own house. It is unlucky to kill a swallow. "Perhaps you failed in your foreseeing skill, For swallows are unlucky birds to kill." Dryden: Hind and Panther, part iii. One swallow does not make spring. You are not to suppose winter is past because you have seen a swallow; nor that the troubles of life are over because you have surmounted one difficulty. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	Derb. A loose, broken, or porous place in a vein. It derives its name fromthe ease with which water sinks through the loose material. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Cliff Swallow nest near Mono Lake
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Synonyms: Swallow

Synonyms: deglutition (n), drink (n), sup (n), accept (v), bury (v), eat up (v), engross (v), get down (v), immerse (v), live with (v), swallow up (v), take back (v), unsay (v), withdraw (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Belief	Get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an opinion; swallow; (credulity).
Caprice	Verb: be capricious; Adjective: have a maggot in the brain; take it into one's head, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; blow hot and cold; play fast and loose, play fantastic tricks; tourner casaque.
Credulity	Verb: be credulous; Adjective: jurare in verba magistri; follow implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; take for granted, take for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green cheese; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance; catch at straws, grasp at straws.
Destruction	Deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut; disorganize; dismantle; (render useless); devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound; exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate; snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out; lay in the dust, trample in the dust; prostrate; tread under foot; crush under foot, trample under foot; lay the ax to the root of; make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of; cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons; fling to the winds, scatter to the winds; throw overboard; strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword; cast to the dogs; eradicate.
Dupe	Verb: be deceived; be the dupe of; fall into a trap; swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; bite, catch a Tartar.
Excitability	Tolerate, suffer, stand, bide; abide, aby; bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with; acquiesce; submit; (yield); submit with a good grace; resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach.
Food	Verb: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick, pick, peck; gormandize; bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.
Reception	Verb: give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink; (food).
Submission	Eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres, gulp down.
Taking	Oust; (eject); divest; levy, distrain, confiscate; sequester, sequestrate; accroach; usurp; despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home; drain, drain to the dregs; gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up; absorb; (suck in); draw off; suck the blood of, suck like a leech.
Tergiversation	Draw in one's horns, eat one's words; eat the leek, swallow the leek; swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it; come back return to one's first love; turn over a new leaf; (repent).
Unskillfulness	Begin at the wrong end; do things by halves; (not complete); make two bites of a cherry; play at cross purposes; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; (caprice); put the cart before the horse; lock the stable door when the horse is stolen; (too late).
Use	Use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to task.
Waste	Verb: spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse.
Willingness	Swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; gorge the hook; have no scruple of, make no scruple of; make no bones of; jump at, catch at; meet halfway; volunteer.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, then you can swallow it, and it'll all dissolve see, and the moonbeams would shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the ends of your hair am I talking too much (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich) If you look good, and you talk well, people will swallow anything (Ed Wood; writing credit: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.) Chew your food, don't swallow. (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) I'm standing on the mouth of hell and it's gonna swallow me whole (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Just make sure you leave my sleeping pills out. So that I could, you know, swallow about 300 of them (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)
Lyrics	I'm gonna swallow my pride (Until You Come Back To Me; performing artist: Aretha Franklin) Please swallow your pride (Lean On Me; performing artist: Bill Withers) Come over lets swallow and sip (Hey Ma; performing artist: Cam'ron) I would swallow my doubt turn it inside out find nothing but faith in nothing (Inside Out; performing artist: Eve 6) So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow. (The Gambler; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)
Clever	Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it. (references; author: unknown) Laughter is the jam on the toast of life: it adds flavor, keeps it from becoming too dry, and makes it easier to swallow. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Swallow the Leader (1949) The First Swallow (1942) Follow the Swallow (1930) The Big Swallow (1901) I Swallow 20 (2002)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Swallow Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Clinical Anatomy & Physiology of the Swallow Mechanism (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Sea Swallow (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Hero of Swallow (reference) Widespread Panic - The Earth Will Swallow You (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Lonesome Swallow (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Lenox Butterfly Meadow - Tiger Swallow Mug (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	During feeding, the flea draws viable Y. pestis organisms into its esophagus, which multiply and block the proventriculus just in front of the stomach, later forcing the flea to regurgitate infected blood unto the host when it tries to swallow. Credit: CDC.		A Great Blue Heron trying valiantly to swallow a large fish. He finally had to give up. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Common inshore red goatfish - Parupeneus porphyreus These fish feed on small crustaceans and swallow them whole. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.		Farshot of Tree Swallow, Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey.
	Far shot of swallow in flight. Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey.		In San Francisco Bay, California, shortly after the end of World War II, circa late 1945 or early 1946. YMS-461 later became USS Swallow (AMS-36). Credit: NAVY.
	The swallow and the raven. Credit: Library of Congress.		It's bitter, Uncle, but the quicker you swallow it, the better for you. Credit: Library of Congress.
	"True, I had coffee with those big contributors, but I didn't swallow" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Denis Diderot	We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
	We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
Friedrich Nietzsche	A strong and secure man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds alike) just as he digests his meat, even when he has some bits to swallow.
Lord Byron	Those who swallow their Deity, really and truly, in transubstantiation, can hardly find anything else otherwise than easy to digest.
Robert Louis Stevenson	Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.
Titus Maccius Plautus	To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Legends and chimeras are given them to swallow, about the soul, immortality, paradise, and the stars
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Casy took another swallow before he passed the bottle back
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	This the student was to swallow upon a fasting stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but bread and water
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	It is perennially young, and I may stand and see a swallow dip apparently to pick an insect from its surface as of yore
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A dog or cat may swallow a flea while grooming. (references)
		The child becomes blind, deaf, and unable to swallow. (references)
		Eat soft and pureed foods, which may be easier to swallow. (references)
Business		The number of franchised dealerships in the U.K. is falling as the bigger main dealers (encouraged by their suppliers) swallow up smaller outlets with good sites. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures. Henry Ward Beecher
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Mattie Stepanek	Well, that would be a very hard question for me, because, when I first got my trach, I was aspirating. When I would swallow, food would go into my lungs. But I trained myself not to do that.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Swallow" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 55.44% of the time. "Swallow" is used about 771 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	55.44%	428	13,385
Noun (proper)	18.78%	145	26,217
Noun (singular)	16.19%	125	28,650
Lexical Verb (base form)	9.59%	74	38,813
Total	100.00%	771	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "swallow" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Swallow	Last name	1,000	9,498
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "swallow".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Sisera	N/A	Biblical	That sees a horse or a swallow
Susi	N/A	Biblical	Swallow
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Country	Name
United Kingdom	Swallow Group Plc
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "swallow": Bank swallow ♦ barium swallow ♦ barn swallow ♦ chimney swallow ♦ Cliff swallow ♦ Eaves swallow ♦ Esculent swallow ♦ fairy swallow ♦ hawk swallow ♦ house swallow ♦ night swallow ♦ one swallow does not make a summer ♦ sand swallow ♦ sea swallow ♦ strain at a gnat and swallow a camel ♦ swallow coat ♦ swallow dive ♦ swallow down ♦ swallow hard ♦ swallow hole ♦ swallow one's pride ♦ swallow one's words ♦ swallow plover ♦ swallow shrike ♦ swallow tail ♦ swallow the pill ♦ swallow the wrong way ♦ swallow up ♦ swallow warbler ♦ swallow wort ♦ tree swallow ♦ window swallow ♦ wood swallow. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "swallow": swallow-dive, swallow-hole, swallow-like, swallow-tail, swallow-tailed, swallow-tailed coat, Swallow-tailed duck, Swallow-tailed gull, swallow-tailed hawk, swallow-tailed kite, Swallow-tailed moth, swallow-tails, swallow-wort.
	Ending with "swallow": he-swallow, mid-swallow.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "swallow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		sluk. (various references)

Albanian		gllabërim (drink, drop, gulp, mouthful, sip, swallowing up, take over), gllënjkë (craving, drachm, draft, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, longing, mouthful, nip, peg, pull, sip, smack, sup, swig, thirst, traction), gëlltitje (absorption, gulp, ingestion), gëlltit (absorb, consume, engorge, engross, engulf, ingest, ingulf, ingurgitate, Raven, soak up, sup, swallow up). (various references)

Arabic		‏كظم غيظه, ‏مل ء فم, ‏تحمل الإهانة, ‏تجرع (gulp), ‏صدق كل ما يقال له, ‏صدق إعتباطا, ‏جرعة (dosage, dose, drench, drink, gulp, measure, mouthful, nip, potion, pull), ‏السنونو طائر, ‏إلتهم (bolt, consume, demolish, devour, eat, eat up, engorge, gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, ingest, make a pig of oneself, munch, overeat, shovel, snap, stuff, swig, tuck, tuck in, wolf), ‏إستوعب (absorb, assimilate, compass, digest, get around, imbibe, ingest, realize, stomach, suck, take in), ‏إزدراد (chewing, gulp), ‏إبتلع (bolt, engulf, gulf, gulp, overwhelm, pouch, swig, swoop), ‏إبتلاع (swallowing), ‏بلع بدون مضغ. (various references)

Aymara		ch'añari. (various references)

Basque		enara. (various references)

Bulgarian		гърло (gorge, gullet, manhole, mouth, neck, pharynx, throat, weasand, whistle), гълтане (gulp), гълтам (absorb, devour, get down, gulp, pouch, run away with, slummock, sup, swig), глътка (drachm, drag, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, pharynx, potion, pull, shot, sip, sup, taste), лястовица, лесно се хващам на въдицата, преглъщам (gulp, lump it, pocket), преглътвам, поглъщам (absorb, adsorb, devour, engorge, engross, engulf, imbibe, ingulf, ingurgitate, pouch, prepossess, soak, soak up, suck, suck down, suck in, suck up, swamp, take down, take in, take over, whelm), подземна река (swallow-hole). (various references)

Chinese		燕子 . (various references)

Czech		spolknout (digest, force back, gulp, stomach, swallow up), vlaštovka, polykat (gulp), polknutí (gulp), přemoci (conquer, defeat, fight down, master, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, reduce, stifle, surmount, vanquish), odvolat (abolish, abrogate, annul, call, call away, call back, call off, cancel, countermand, cry off, draw off, recall, recant, renounce, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, take back, take off, undo, unsay, unswear, withdraw), hltat (gobble, gormandize, lap up, Raven, wolf), hlt (drop, gulp, swig), doušek (dram, draught, gulp, pull, sup, tiff, tope). (various references)

Danish		svale. (various references)

Dutch		slikken (act of swallowing, deglutition, to belly, to scoff), inslikken (engulf, swallow up), doorslikken. (various references)

Esperanto		hirundo, gluti. (various references)

Faeroese		svala, svølgja, slúka. (various references)

Farsi		فورت دادن , فروبردن (Absorb, Aspire, Devour, Gulp, Imbibe, Immerse, Plunge, Ram), پرستو, مری (Gullet), چلچله , عمل بلع , بلعیدن (Devour, Gull, Guzzle, Pouch). (various references)

Finnish		pääskynen. (various references)

French		hirondelle, avaler (swoop). (various references)

Frisian		swel. (various references)

German		Schwalbe (Martin), schlucken (absorb, booze, gulp, guzzle, hiccup, kill, lap up, put away, quaff, shift, soak up, swallow up, to swallow, wear). (various references)

Greek		καταπίνω (engulf, gulp, ingest, ingulf), χελιδόνι (Martin). (various references)

Hebrew		ללוע (gulp down, stammer), ללעות (stammer), ללעוט (devour, eat greedily, gobble down), ל�'מוע (gulp, quaff, sip), ל�'ימ�" (dram, draught, nip, nourishment, sip, sipping, taste, tasting), לבלוע (absorb, devour, engulf, gulp, merge), בליע�" (swallowing), ס� ו� ית. (various references)

Hungarian		nyelés (gulp, lap, swallowing), lenyelés (ingestion), fecske (slips), falat (bit, bite, chaw, junk, morsel, mouthful, nibble, tiny bit). (various references)

Indonesian		walet, teguk (draught, gulp, suck, sup), menelan (devour, engorge), burung layang-layang. (various references)

Italian		rondine (european swallow), deglutizione (deglutition). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		燕 , 一飲み (bite, easy prey, mouthful, sip). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ひとのみ (bite, drinking in one gulp, easy prey, mouthful, sip), つばめ. (various references)

Korean		� �비 (lot, lots). (various references)

Lombard		rondola. (various references)

Manx		sluggey (absorption, devour, devouring, draw, engulf, gorge, gorging, gulp, gulping, guzzle, guzzling, pulling, slug, suck down; gobbling, sucking, swallowing, swig), sluggag (gulp, swig), slug (draught, swig), gollan geayee, bolgum (dram, draught, mouthful, sip, sup). (various references)

Maya		kusaam. (various references)

Occitan		ironda. (various references)

Papiamen		souchi. (various references)

Pig Latin		allowsway.(various references)

Portuguese		tragar (gulf, gulp, inhale, pouch), engolir (absorb, eat, engorge, engulf, gorge, gulf, gulp, ingest, neck, pocket, pouch), deglutição (deglutition), andorinha. (various references)

Romanian		înghiţi (bolt, devour, engulf, get down, get over, gobble, ingurgitate, lump, pocket, swig). (various references)

Russian		глотка (gizzard, gorge, gullet, larynx, pharynx, throat, weasand), глоток (drain, draught, drink, drop, gulp, mouthful, nip, potation, sip, suck, sup, swig), глотать (clip, gorge, gulp, ingest, swigged, swigging, swigs), поглощать;глотать ласточка. (various references)

Scottish		sluig (engulph, overwhelm), slug. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		progutati (engulf, gulp, ingulf, suck in, swallow up), lasta, gutljaj (dram, drink, gulp, nip, sip, swig, toothful), gutati (devour, glut, gorge, gulp, guttle, ingest). (various references)

Shona		nyenganyenga. (various references)

Spanish		golondrina (flying fish), tragar (engulf, get down, pouch, stomach, suck down, swallow down, swallow up). (various references)

Swedish		svala (Martin, martlet), svälja (gulp, wear), sluka (devour, eat up, engorge, gobble, gulp, scoff), ladusvala. (various references)

Thai		นกนางแอ่น, ท่วมท้น (drown, inundate, sweeping), การกลืน, กล้ำกลืน, กลืน (engulf, gulf), อ�"ทน (suffer), อ�"กลั้นความรู้สึก, ปริมา�"ที่กลืน, คืนคำพู�". (various references)

Turkish		sineye çekmek (bear, pocket, put up with, stand, stand for, stomach), kırlangıç (Martin, martlet), altında kalmak (sit down under), bastırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, overtake, pocket, push down, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, set in, settle, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, subdue, submerge, suppress, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip), belli etmemek (dissimulate, pocket), boğaz (bosphorus, constriction, fauces, gorge, gullet, jugular, mountain pass, neck, pharyngal, pharyngeal, sound, Strait, throat, throttle, whistle), caymak (back down, back down from, back out, back out of, call back, change one's mind, cry off, deflect, depart, go back on, go without, leave, recant, retract, swerve, wangle, wangle out of), dönmek (abjure, apostatize, bear, budge from, call back, change one's mind, chop about, chop round, circle, come back, come home, deflect, face, front, get round, go back, go back on, gyrate, pivot, put about, recall, recant, reel, regress, renege, repass, return, return to, revert, revolve, rotate, round, screw, sheer from, slew, slue, spin, swerve, swim, swing, switch, switch to, tumble, turn, turn back, turn one's coat, turn over, turn round, turn up, twist, veer, veer round, wheel, wheel about, wheel around, whirl), ezberlemek (commit memory, commit to memory, learn by heart, learn by rote, memorize), frak (clawhammer coat, dress coat, dress suit, evening dress, frock, frock coat, full dress, penguin suit, swallow coat, swallows, tail coat, tails, white tie), geri almak (claw back, declare off, draw back, recall, recapture, resume, retake, retract, retrieve, revoke, set back, take back, turn back, withdraw), çatal kuyruk, inanmak (be persuaded that, be sold on, believe, buy, credit, deem, esteem, give credence to, put faith in, rely, trust), zaptetmek (bridle, capture, contain, govern, hold back, hold down, hold in, keep down, possess oneself of, reave, seize, stifle, subjugate, suppress), kırlangıç kuyruğu, kirlangiç, kuyruklu kelebek, yudum (drachm, dram, draught, gulp, nip, sip, suck, sup), yutak (oesophagus, pharynx), yutkunmak (gulp, gulp down), yutma (gulp, swallowing), yutmak (absorb, buy, choke down, drink in, eat up, elide, engorge, engulf, gulp, gulp down, ingest, pouch, take down), içine çekmek (engulf, imbibe, inhale, inspire, sop up, suck, suck in, suck up, swallow up). (various references)

Turkmen		яuwutmak, яuwdunmak, garlawaз. (various references)

Ukrainian		стримувати (abate, bound, bridle, chasten, check, coerce, constrain, contain, control, curb, deter, dominate, hold in, inhibit, moderate, pocket, rein, restrain, stay, stop, suppress, swaddle, temper), стерпіти, ковток (draught, drink, gulp, mouthful, potation, pull, sip, tasting), ковтати (down, ingest, pouch), ковтання (gulp), горлянка (aye-green, gizzard, whistle), ненажерливість (edacity, greediness, rapacity, voracity), поглинати (absorb, canker, consume, devour, eat away, engulf, gulf, immerse, lap up, merge, mop up, occupy, overwhelm, suck in). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự nuốt miếng, ngụm cổ họng. (various references)

Welsh		llyncu (absorb, gulp), llwnc (gullet, gulp), gwennol (martin, shuttle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	gluttire, hauri, hauriam, hauriant, haurias, hauriatur, hauriendam, hauriendas, hauriendum, hauriens, haurierant, hauriet, haurietis, haurire, hauriret, haurite, hauseris, hauserunt, hauseruntque, hausit, haustam, haustis, hausto, haut, hirundines, hirundinis, hirundinum, hirundo, Hirundo rustica, RM:randulina stgira, vorabit, vorabunt, vorandum, vorans, voraverat, voravit, vorent. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	gegeopan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 2
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sicut avis ad alia transvolans et passer quolibet vadens sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	For as a brid to heye thingus ouerfleende, and a sparewe whider hym list goende; so curs in veyn spoken in to sum man shal comen ouer.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 2
Cebuano	¶ Maingon sa gorion sa iyang pagpanaw, maingon sa ayaw sa iyang paglupad, Mao man ang pagpanghimaraut nga walay gipasikaran dili matuman.
Croatian	Kao vrabac kad prhne i lastavica kad odleti, tako se i bezrazložna kletva ne ispunja.
Danish	Som en Spurv i Fart, som en Svale i Flugt så rammer ej Banden mod sagesløs Mand.
Dutch	Gelijk de mus is tot wegzweven, gelijk een zwaluw tot vervliegen, alzo zal een vloek, die zonder oorzaak is, niet komen.
Finnish	Kuin liitävä lintu, kuin lentävä pääskynen on aiheeton kirous: ei se toteen käy.
French	Comme l`oiseau s`échappe, comme l`hirondelle s`envole, Ainsi la malédiction sans cause n`a point d`effet.
German	Wie ein Vogel dahinfährt und eine Schwalbe fliegt, also ein unverdienter Fluch trifft nicht.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Seperti burung terbang dan melayang-layang di udara, begitu juga kutukan tak bisa kena pada orang yang tak bersalah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Seperti burung pipit terbang ke sana ke mari dan seperti burung layang-layang terbang berkeliling, demikianpun kutuk yang tiada dengan semena-mena itu tak boleh terkena.
Italian	Come il passero che svolazza

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
swallow	1,863	amber cum swallow wife	39
swallow cum	1,020	she swallow	39
barn swallow	216	girl swallow	33
cum swallow wife	180	joy swallow	33
swallow bird	91	blow job swallow	30
i swallow	88	teen cum swallow	29
tree swallow	79	gay swallow	28
swallow it	78	amber swallow	27
swallow it bitch	74	girl who swallow	25
swallow wife	72	cliff swallow	24
air speed swallow unladen velocity	71	girl that swallow	22
swallow tattoo	69	swallow trixie	21
spit or swallow	66	gay cum swallow	21
swallow cock	58	swallow cum shot	21
swallow sperm	54	swallow falls	21
barium swallow	53	swallow my load	21
semen swallow	46	pride swallow	20
forced swallow	44	swallow nest	20
swallow teen	43	i swallow cum	20
bitch.com it swallow	42	swallow own cum	19
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Swallow

Definition: Swallow

Swallow

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Swallow

Specialty Definition: Barn Swallow

Hirundinidae

Swallow

Synonyms: Swallow

Synonyms within Context: Swallow

Belief

Caprice

Credulity

Destruction

Dupe

Excitability

Food

Reception

Submission

Taking

Tergiversation

Unskillfulness

Use

Waste

Willingness

Crosswords: Swallow

Modern Usage: Swallow

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Swallow

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Swallow

Photos:Swallow

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Photo Album: Swallow

Familiar Quotations: Swallow

Denis Diderot

Friedrich Nietzsche

Lord Byron

Robert Louis Stevenson

Titus Maccius Plautus

Use in Literature: Swallow

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Swallow

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Swallow

Mattie Stepanek

Usage Frequency: Swallow

Name Usage Frequency: Swallow

Derived & Related Names: Swallow

Usage in Company Names: Swallow

Swallow Group Plc

Expressions: Swallow

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Swallow

Modern Translation: Swallow

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Albanian

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Aymara

Basque

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Photos:
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