SWALLOW | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of swallow in English
swallow verb
(THROAT )
He swallowed hard and said, "Dad, I have something to tell you."
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swallow verb
(TAKE AWAY )
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swallow verb
(ACCEPT )
believe Can we believe a word of what this man says? accept Most people accept what the newspapers say as being correct. credit UK swallow I personally find it hard to swallow the official narrative. buy When it comes to global warming, he doesn't buy it, and is out to discredit the whole theory.
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swallow verb
(NOT EXPRESS )
swallow noun [C]
(THROAT )
swallow noun [C]
(BIRD )
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(Definition of swallow from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
swallow | American Dictionary
swallow verb
(NOT EXPRESS )
swallow noun [C]
(MOVING FOOD )
He said he only wanted one swallow of milk – but it was a big one!
(Definition of swallow from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
Examples of swallow
swallow
We found i that spider monkeys swallowed seeds from almost all of the species from which they ate ripe fruits.
No trematodes were observed in the lung or air sac, heart, liver, spleen and kidney of all bats and swallows.
Genetic and environmental effects on morphology and fluctuating asymmetry in nesting barn swallows.
Magnetic field changes in the human brain due to swallowing or speaking.
The habit of flies of swallowing the " vomits " and regurgitating them again after a short interval gives some support to this suggestion.
Effects of verbal cue on bolus flow during swallowing.
The combination of bedside swallowing assessment and oxygen saturation monitoring of swallowing in acute stroke: a safe and humane screening tool.
Wood swallows too much seventeenth-century counsel's purple prose about these people.
The factory she starts work in on leaving school is eventually bought by a larger company, which is swallowed up by a multi-national.
The health domains described included mobility, stage of disease, pain, hoarseness, tiredness, pneumonia, swallowing and meals, psychological problems, and social support.
Care was taken that the chicken swallowed the entire inoculum.
Dif®culty swallowing liquor as a result of the facial cleft or associated anomaly may lead to polyhydramnios.
Monitoring in an awake patient also may induce some degree of discomfort and sometimes deep breathing, swallowing and neck movements interfere with measurements.
Polyhydramnios may be secondary to oesophageal obstruction/compression thus reducing the volume of liquor swallowed.
Animals were released from the neck yoke and observed closely for 2-3 min to confirm that the boli had been swallowed.
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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…
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tragar, tragar saliva, trago…
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engolir, andorinha, andorinha [feminine]…
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गिळणे, आवंढा, हरकत न घेता मान्य करणे…
yutmak, yutkunmak, kanmak…
avaler, hirondelle [feminine], déglutition [feminine]…
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…
polknout, spolknout, polknutí…
menelan, penelanan, burung walet…
กลืน, ยอมเชื่อง่าย ๆ, การกลืน…
połykać, łykać, przełykać…
inghiottire, rondine, ingoiare…
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