swallows

Noun

• a small amount of liquid food
• the act of swallowing
• small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
• plural of swallow

Verb

• 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
• third-person singular simple present indicative of swallow

Synonyms

accept, bury, deglutition, drink, eat up, get down, immerse, live with, sup, swallow, swallow up, take back, unsay, withdraw