swallows
Takes down food
Swallows are small, swift-flying birds with forked tails and pointed wings, known for catching insects in flight.
The verb swallow means to pass something down the throat: She swallowed the pill with water.
Extended meanings include accepting something reluctantly (hard to swallow), suppressing (swallow your pride), or consuming entirely: The project swallowed our budget.
Hasty, large swallows
munches · nibbles · bolts · wolfs · gobbles · consumes · absorbs · ingestion
Movement to new territory
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- flockAnimals gathered together
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- insectivorousFeeding on six-legged creatures
feathers · glide · wingspan · chirp · swooping · forked tail · mud nest · swift
Permits without approval
- enduresContinues despite hardship
- stomachsDigestive sacs
- bearsSupports or tolerates
- takesCaptures or acquires
suppresses · chokes down · bites back · restrains · stifles · humiliation · insult · believes
gulps
Hasty, large swallows
digests · munches · nibbles · bolts · wolfs · gobbles · consumes · absorbs · ingestion · throat
migration
Movement to new territory
insectivorous · feathers · glide · wingspan · chirp · swooping · forked tail · mud nest · swift · martin
tolerates
Permits without approval
takes · suppresses · chokes down · bites back · restrains · stifles · humiliation · insult · believes · buys
- consumeseats, devours, consumes, ingests, gobbles
- airborne lifedragonflies, gnats, mayflies, midges, bird migration
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- SpringApril, May, spring equinox, spring flowers, cherry blossoms
- flock birdsstarlings, geese, crows, pigeons, sparrows
- insect predatorsfrog, frogs, toad, toads, bat
swallowsspits
Expels from mouth
regurgitates · vomits · expels · throws up · disgorges
swallowsrejects
Refuses or discards
questions · doubts · challenges · disputes · disbelieves
- 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, swallowed, swallower, swallowers, swallowable, unswallowed, swallow up