Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb swallow
1 of 8 senses of swallow
Sense 1
swallow, get down
=> bolt
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb swallow
1 of 8 senses of swallow
Sense 1
swallow, get down
=> bolt
Entailment of verb swallow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb swallow
8 senses of swallow
Sense 1
swallow, get down
=> consume, ingest, take in take have
Sense 2
swallow
=> demolish, destroy
Sense 3
immerse, engross, swallow, swallow up bury, eat up
=> enclose, inclose, shut in
Sense 4
swallow
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize
Sense 5
swallow, take back unsay, withdraw
=> renounce, repudiate
Sense 6
swallow
=> suppress, repress
Sense 7
accept live with swallow
=> endure, stomach, bear, stand tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
Sense 8
swallow
=> believe
Familiarity of verb swallow
swallow used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 8)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb swallow
Sense 1
swallow, get down
=> consume, ingest, take in take have
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Sense 2
swallow
=> demolish, destroy
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Sense 3
immerse, engross, swallow, swallow up bury, eat up
=> enclose, inclose, shut in
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Sense 4
swallow
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize
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Sense 5
swallow, take back unsay, withdraw
=> renounce, repudiate
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Sense 6
swallow
=> suppress, repress
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Sense 7
accept live with swallow
=> endure, stomach, bear, stand tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
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Sense 8
swallow
=> believe
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Overview of verb swallow
The verb swallow has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (12) swallow, get down -- (pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!")
2. (4) swallow -- (engulf and destroy, as if by ingestion: "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries")
3. (2) immerse, engross, swallow, swallow up bury, eat up -- (enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter")
4. swallow -- (utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech")
5. swallow, take back unsay, withdraw -- (take back what one has said "He swallowed his words")
6. swallow -- (keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet")
7. accept live with swallow -- (tolerate or accommodate oneself to "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies")
8. swallow -- (believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?")
Overview of verb swallow
The verb swallow has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (12) swallow, get down -- (pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!")
2. (4) swallow -- (engulf and destroy, as if by ingestion: "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries")
3. (2) immerse, engross, swallow, swallow up bury, eat up -- (enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter")
4. swallow -- (utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech")
5. swallow, take back unsay, withdraw -- (take back what one has said "He swallowed his words")
6. swallow -- (keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet")
7. accept live with swallow -- (tolerate or accommodate oneself to "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies")
8. swallow -- (believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?")
swallowing definition
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