Wondering how to hyphenate the English word swallow? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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A small amount of liquid food A sup of ale |
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The act of swallowing One swallow of the liquid was enough He took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips |
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Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations |
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Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you! |
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Engulf and destroy The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries |
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Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter |
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Utter indistinctly She swallowed the last words of her speech |
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Take back what one has said He swallowed his words |
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Keep from expressing I swallowed my anger and kept quiet |
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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 idiosyncrasies |
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Believe or accept without questioning or challenge Am I supposed to swallow that story? |
| noun | sup, taste, mouthful |
| noun | drink, deglutition, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake |
| noun | oscine, oscine bird
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| verb | get down, consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
| verb | demolish, destroy |
| verb | immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up, enclose, inclose, shut in
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| verb | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
| verb | take back, unsay, withdraw, renounce, repudiate |
| verb | suppress, repress |
| verb | accept, live with, digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
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| verb | believe |