swallow
Migrating insect eater
Swallow works as both verb and noun across two unrelated words.
The verb means to pass food or drink from mouth to stomach through the throat: She swallowed the pill with water.
Extended uses involve accepting something difficult: swallow your pride, a hard pill to swallow, I can't swallow that excuse.
A swallow is also an act of swallowing or an amount swallowed.
Separately, a swallow is a small migratory bird with a forked tail and graceful flight, known for returning to the same nesting sites—hence the famous swallows of Capistrano.
Hasty, large swallow
- wolf downEat very quickly
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- scarfNeck-warming fabric strip
- devourEat greedily and fast
guzzle · swig · chug · inhale · gorge · stuff · cram · shovel
Mouth restraint or jest
- chokeObstruct breathing or airflow
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- retchGag involuntarily
- gulpHasty, large swallow
lump in throat · salivate · difficulty · involuntary · nervous · anxious
Small insect-eating swallow
- swiftMoving with speed
- songbirdMelodious perching avian
- migrationMovement to new territory
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
feathers · nest · fledge · aerial · glide · perch · plumage · insectivore
Digestive organ below chest
- toleratePermit without approval
- bearLarge furry omnivore
- acceptConsent to receive
- put up withAccept something unpleasant
take · brook · stand · abide · insult · humiliation · indignity · treatment
gulp
Hasty, large swallow
digest · masticate · bite · nibble · throat · esophagus · bolus · gag · choke · pill
gulp
Hasty, large swallow
devour · guzzle · swig · chug · inhale · gorge · stuff · cram · shovel · slurp
gag
Mouth restraint or jest
gulp · lump in throat · salivate · difficulty · involuntary · nervous · anxious
martin
Small insect-eating swallow
wingspan · feathers · nest · fledge · aerial · glide · perch · plumage · insectivore · chirp
stomach
Digestive organ below chest
put up with · take · brook · stand · abide · insult · humiliation · indignity · treatment · abuse
believe
Accept as true
take in · trust · absorb · digest · stomach · excuse · story · lie · deception · gullible
plunge
Sudden steep descent
plummet · drop · descend · swooping · darting · dipping · skimming · acrobatic
hold back
Prevent forward movement
- choke downConsume with great effort
- stifleSuppress or restrain
- repressHold back forcibly
contain · bite back · restrain · pride · tears · anger · emotion · words · retort · response
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- eating and drinkingeat, drink, chew, bite, gulp
- drinking watersip, gulp, drink, glass of water, water bottle
- insect eatersanteater, giant anteater, aardvark, pangolin, echidna
- inward movementinhale, absorb, intake, retract, withdraw
- migratory birdsarctic tern, Canada goose, snow goose, sandhill crane, ruby-throated hummingbird
swallowspit
Expelled mouth moisture
spit out · regurgitate · vomit · expel · disgorge
- hard to swallowDifficult to accept
- swallowed upAbsorbed or overwhelmed entirely
- swallow upEngulf and absorb completely
- hard pill to swallowUnpleasant fact requiring acceptance
- swallow one's prideAccept wounded ego gracefully
- easy to swallow
swallowing, swallowed, swallows, swallower, swallowers, swallowtail, swallowable, unswallowed, swallowtails