SWALLOW | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of swallow – Learner’s Dictionary

swallow
verb
uk
/ˈswɒləʊ/
us

swallow verb (FOOD OR DRINK)

B2
to move your throat in order to make food or drink go down:
These tablets are too big to swallow.
The snake swallowed the bird whole.
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swallow verb (THROAT)

to make a movement with your throat as if you are eating, sometimes because you are nervous:
It hurts when I swallow.
Claire swallowed hard, opened the door and stepped inside.

swallow verb (ACCEPT)

to accept something unpleasant:
They found the final decision hard to swallow.

swallow verb (BELIEVE)

to believe something, usually something that is not true:
I told him we were journalists and he seemed to swallow it.

Phrasal verbs

swallow
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈswɒləʊ/
us

swallow noun [C] (BIRD)

a small bird with long, pointed wings and a tail with two points

swallow noun [C] (FOOD OR DRINK)

the movement of swallowing

(Definition of swallow from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of swallow

in Chinese (Traditional)
咽喉, 吞嚥,吞下,嚥下, (因為緊張、害怕或要開始說話而)做吞嚥動作,吞口水…
in Chinese (Simplified)
咽喉, 吞咽,吞下,咽下, (因为紧张、害怕或要开始说话而)做吞咽动作,咽口水…
in Spanish
tragar, tragar saliva, trago…
in Portuguese
engolir, andorinha, andorinha [feminine]…
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गिळणे, आवंढा, हरकत न घेता मान्य करणे…
~を飲み込む, 飲み下す, ツバメ…
yutmak, yutkunmak, kanmak…
avaler, hirondelle [feminine], déglutition [feminine]…
empassar-se, oreneta…
slikken, het slikken, zwaluw…
உணவு, பானம், மாத்திரைகள் போன்றவற்றை ஏற்படுத்த வேண்டும். உங்கள் தொண்டையின் தசைகளைப் பயன்படுத்தி உங்கள் வாயிலிருந்து உங்கள் வயிற்றுக்குள் செல்ல…
(भोजन, पेय, दवाई आदि) निगलना…
ગળી જવું (ખોરાક, પીણું, દવા…
sluge, synke, synkebevægelse…
svälja, sväljning, klunk…
menelan, terima bulat-bulat, telan…
schlucken, für bare Münze nehmen, das Schlucken…
svelge, svale [masculine], svelging [masculine]…
نگلنا, گھبراہٹ یا خوف سے تھوک نگلنا, جذب کرنا…
ковтати, проковтнути, стерпіти…
глотать, смириться с чем-либо, принимать на веру…
మింగు, భయంతో లేక నమ్మకం లేక, లేక ఏదో చెప్పబోతూ గొంతు కండరాలు మింగుతున్నట్టు కదులు…
يَبْتَلِع, سُنونو…
গিলে ফেলা, ঢোক গেলা…
polknout, spolknout, polknutí…
menelan, penelanan, burung walet…
กลืน, ยอมเชื่อง่าย ๆ, การกลืน…
nuốt, nén, chịu đựng…
połykać, łykać, przełykać…
-을 삼키다, 제비…
inghiottire, rondine, ingoiare…
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