swallows

Meaning of swallows

noun
  1. A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
  2. The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
    He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.
  3. Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
verb
  1. To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
  2. To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
  3. 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.
    My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
  4. To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
  5. To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
  6. To retract; to recant.
    to swallow one's opinions
  7. To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
    to swallow an affront or insult
noun
  1. 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.
  2. The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Information about swallows

  • The singular form of swallows is: swallow.
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Hyphenation of swallows

swal-lows

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • swallows is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

swallows synonyms

Meaning :

buy, credit, creed, consume, devour, eat, gulp, absorb, engage, immerse, monopolize, occupy, brook, endure, disavow, unsay, assimilate, engulf, incorporate, overwhelm, martin

Words that rhyme with swallows

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