swallower

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swallow [1] ► VERB 1) cause or allow (food, drink, etc.) to pass down the throat. 2) use the throat muscles as if doing this, especially through fear or nervousness. 3) (often swallow up) take in and cause to disappear; engulf. 4) believe (an untrue or unlikely statement) unquestioningly. 5) put up with or meekly accept. 6) resist expressing: he swallowed his pride.

► NOUN ▪ an act of swallowing.

DERIVATIVES swallower noun.

ORIGIN Old English.

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swallow [2] ► NOUN ▪ a swift-flying migratory songbird with a forked tail, feeding on insects in flight.

● one swallow does not make a summer — Cf. ↑one swallow does not make a summer

ORIGIN Old English.