swallowed
Took down throat
Swallowed is the past tense of swallow—to take something down the throat.
Food is chewed and swallowed.
Pills are swallowed with water.
Figuratively, to swallow something is to accept it without resistance: She swallowed her pride and apologized.
If you've swallowed a story, you've believed something dubious.
To be swallowed up is to be engulfed or absorbed completely.
Swallowed hastily
- eatenTaken as nourishment
- devouredAte hungrily and completely
- ingestedTook into body
- gobbledAte rapidly, voraciously
wolfed · bolted · scarfed · chewed · munched · swilled · guzzled · downed
Fully enclosed around
- submergedBelow water's surface
- immersedPlunged entirely into
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- consumedFully used or eaten
surrounded · encased · shrouded · blanketed · swamped · inundated · flooded · buried
Accepted as true
- boughtObtained through payment
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- fell forWas deceived by
- took inDeceived or admitted
trusted · credited · embraced · absorbed · internalized · bought into · stomached · tolerated
gulped
Swallowed hastily
gobbled · wolfed · bolted · scarfed · chewed · munched · swilled · guzzled · downed · consumed
enveloped
Fully enclosed around
- submergedBelow water's surface
- immersedPlunged entirely into
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
consumed · surrounded · encased · shrouded · blanketed · swamped · inundated · flooded · buried · encompassed
believed
Accepted as true
took in · trusted · credited · embraced · absorbed · internalized · bought into · stomached · tolerated · acquiesced
recanted
Withdrew a stated belief
ate · backtracked · renounced · disavowed · unsaid · rescinded · repudiated · revoked · abjured · walked back
stifled
Forcibly held in
- choked backSuppressed rising emotion
- held backKept from advancing
- repressedHeld back from expression
contained · restrained · inhibited · silenced · muffled · squelched · smothered · buried · concealed · masked
- JonahJonah, whale, Nineveh, three days, prophet
- wolfedgobbled, devoured, scarfed, gulped, bolted
- drug deliverydrug delivery, injection, time release, delayed release, capsule
- disappearingvanish, fade, disappear, vanishing, evaporate
swallowedspat out
Forcibly ejected orally
regurgitated · vomited · expelled · ejected · disgorged
swallowedrejected
Refused or turned away
disbelieved · doubted · questioned · challenged · disputed
- 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
swallow, swallowing, swallows, swallower, swallowable, unswallowed, swallow up