Crossword-Solution: SWALLOW
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| Swallow | n. | Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight. |
| Swallow | n. | Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift. |
| Swallow | n. | The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves. |
| Swallow | v. t. | To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink. |
| Swallow | v. t. | To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up. |
| Swallow | v. t. | To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly. |
| Swallow | v. t. | To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up. |
| Swallow | v. t. | To occupy; to take up; to employ. |
| Swallow | v. t. | To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume. |
| Swallow | v. t. | To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions. |
| Swallow | v. t. | To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult. |
| Swallow | v. i. | To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow. |
| Swallow | n. | The act of swallowing. |
| Swallow | n. | The gullet, or esophagus; the throat. |
| Swallow | n. | Taste; relish; inclination; liking. |
| Swallow | n. | Capacity for swallowing; voracity. |
| Swallow | n. | As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water. |
| Swallow | n. | That which ingulfs; a whirlpool. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SWALLOW | anagram | WALLOWS |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with SWALLOW (5)
Hope elevates, and joy Bright’ns his Crest, as when a wandring Fire Compact of unctuous vapor, which the Night Condenses, and the cold invirons round, Kindl’d through agitation to a Flame, Which oft, they say, some evil Spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive Light, Misleads th’ amaz’d Night-wanderer from his way To Boggs and Mires, & oft through Pond or Poole, There swallow’d up and lost, from succour farr.
The Ox saw what was being done, and said with a smile to the Heifer: “For this you were allowed to live in idleness, because you were presently to be sacrificed.” The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice A SWALLOW, returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, built herself a nest in the wall of a Court of Justice and there hatched seven young birds.
The Lion and the Mouse Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.
The forest cannot hide it! The mid-ocean shall take it from my hand, and swallow it up for ever!” With these words she advanced to the margin of the brook, took up the scarlet letter, and fastened it again into her bosom.
Think of it—I did not even exist! Let me but escape into my laboratory door, give me but a second or two to mix and swallow the draught that I had always standing ready; and whatever he had done, Edward Hyde would pass away like the stain of breath upon a mirror; and there in his stead, quietly at home, trimming the midnight lamp in his study, a man who could afford to laugh at suspicion, would be Henry Jekyll.
Quotes with SWALLOW (3)
I'm in love with you," he said quietly." Augustus," I said." I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I kn…
When he finished, he drank from the cup. Everyone else did too, so I followed suit. And nearly choked to death. It was like fire in liquid form. It took every ounce of strength I had to swallow it and not spray it on those around me." Wh... what is this?" I asked, coughing. Viktoria grinned. "Vodka." I peered at the glass. "No, it isn't. I've had vodka before.""Not Russian vodka." Apparently not.
I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.... What are the words you do not yet have? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence? We have been socialized to respect fear more than our own need for language." I began to ask each time: "What's the worst that could happen to me if I tell …
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 17 times in crossword archives (1957–2019).