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  • 21swallow — I UK [ˈswɒləʊ] / US [ˈswɑloʊ] verb Word forms swallow : present tense I/you/we/they swallow he/she/it swallows present participle swallowing past tense swallowed past participle swallowed ** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to make food or drink… …

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  • 22swallow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English swalowe, from Old English swealwe; akin to Old High German swalawa swallow Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous small widely distributed oscine birds (family Hirundinidae, the swallow family) that have a… …

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  • 23swallow — Synonyms and related words: abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, antelope, arrow, assent, assimilate, back down, back out, backwater, be a sucker, be agreeable, be… …

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  • 24swallow — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. cause or allow (food etc.) to pass down the throat. 2 intr. perform the muscular movement of the oesophagus required to do this. 3 tr. a accept meekly; put up with (an affront etc.). b accept credulously (an unlikely assertion …

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  • 25swallow — swal|low1 [ swalou ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make food or drink go from your mouth down through your throat and into your stomach: She quickly swallowed the rest of her coffee. I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow. a )… …

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  • 26Swallow — This name has two possible origins. The first being locational from a place in Lincolnshire, so called from the river Swallow on which it stands. The name may also have been a nickname from the Medieval English swalewe , itself deriving from the… …

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  • 27swallow — {{11}}swallow (n.) migratory bird (family Hirundinidae), O.E. swealwe, from P.Gmc. *swalwon (Cf. O.S., O.N., O.Fris., Swed. svala, Dan. svale, M.Du. zwalewe, Du. zwaluw, O.H.G. swalawa, Ger. Schwalbe), from PIE *swol wi (Cf. Rus. solowej, Slovak… …

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  • 28swallow*/ — [ˈswɒləʊ] verb I 1) [I/T] to make food or drink go down your throat and into your stomach She quickly swallowed the rest of her coffee.[/ex] I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow.[/ex] 2) to make a movement in your throat as if you are… …

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  • 29swallow — verb 1 food, drink, etc. ADVERB ▪ hastily, quickly ▪ accidentally ▪ She accidentally swallowed a glass bead. ▪ easily ▪ L …

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  • 30swallow — verb 1) she couldn t swallow anything Syn: eat, gulp down, consume, devour, put away; ingest, assimilate; drink, guzzle, quaff, imbibe, sup, slug; informal polish off, swig, chug, swill, down …

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