swallow

Definitions

• (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
• (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
• (intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
• (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
• (intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
• (transitive) To retract; to recant.
• (transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.