swallow, v.
(swallowed, swallowing, swallows)
freq. cnt. 18
(swallowed, swallowing, swallows)
freq. cnt. 18
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 1
get down swallow
sample sentences
"Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
engulf and destroy
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
swallow
sample sentences
"The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
bury eat up immerse swallow swallow up
sample sentences
"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"verb frames
Something ----s somebodySomething ----s something
verb frames
Something ----s somebodySomething ----s something
verb frames
Something ----s somebodySomething ----s something
verb frames
Something ----s somebodySomething ----s something
verb frames
Something ----s somebodySomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
<verb.cognition>
swallow
sample sentences
"Am I supposed to swallow that story?"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s that CLAUSE
semantic pointers
hypernym
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
accept live with swallow
sample sentences
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions""I swallowed the insult"
"She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
keep from expressing
<verb.cognition>
swallow
sample sentences
"I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
take back what one has said
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
swallow take back unsay withdraw
sample sentences
"He swallowed his words"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
utter indistinctly
<verb.communication>
swallow
sample sentences
"She swallowed the last words of her speech"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym