swallow

1. A small amount of liquid food (synset 107594841)
   "a sup of ale"
   is a type of: mouthful, taste - a small amount eaten or drunk
   same as: sup
2. The act of swallowing (synset 100841439)
   "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
   is a type of: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
   subtypes:

   • aerophagia - swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence)
   • draft, draught, gulp, swig - a large and hurried swallow
   • sip - a small drink
   same as: deglutition, drink
3. Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations (synset 101597013)
   is a type of: oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
   subtypes:

   • barn swallow, chimney swallow, hirundo rustica - common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
   • cliff swallow, hirundo pyrrhonota - North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
   • hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow - of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities
   • iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow - bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities
   • martin - any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

1. Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking (synset 201204494)
   "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
   subtypes: bolt - swallow hastily
   same as: get down
2. Engulf and destroy (synset 201086180)
   "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
   is a type of: demolish, destroy - defeat soundly and humiliatingly
3. Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing (synset 201585330)
   "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
   is a type of: close in, enclose, inclose, shut in - surround completely
   same as: bury, eat up, immerse, swallow up
4. Utter indistinctly (synset 200943068)
   "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
   is a type of: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize - express in speech
5. Take back what one has said (synset 200800738)
   "He swallowed his words"
   is a type of: disown, renounce, repudiate - cast off
   same as: take back, unsay, withdraw
6. Keep from expressing (synset 200739357)
   "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
   is a type of: hold back, keep, keep back, restrain - prevent the action or expression of
7. Tolerate or accommodate oneself to (synset 200670723)
   "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
   is a type of: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate - put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   same as: accept, live with
8. Believe or accept without questioning or challenge (synset 200603054)
   "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
   is a type of: believe - accept as true; take to be true

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