Crossword clues for swallowing
swallowing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swallow \Swal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swallowing.] [OE. swolewen, swolwen, swolhen, AS. swelgan; akin to D. zwelgen, OHG. swelahan, swelgan, G. schwelgen to feast, to revel, Icel. svelgia to swallow, SW. sv["a]lja, Dan. sv[ae]lge. Cf. Groundsel a plant.]
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To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
As if I had swallowed snowballs for pills.
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To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
--Milton.The earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses.
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To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
Though that story . . . be not so readily swallowed.
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To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Homer excels . . . in this, that he swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.
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To occupy; to take up; to employ.
The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time.
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To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Corruption swallowed what the liberal hand Of bounty scattered.
--Thomson. To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions. ``Swallowed his vows whole.''
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To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
Syn: To absorb; imbibe; ingulf; engross; consume. See Absorb.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who swallows. vb. (present participle of swallow English)
Wikipedia
Swallowing, sometimes called deglutition in scientific contexts, is the process in the human or animal body that makes something pass from the mouth, to the pharynx, and into the esophagus, while shutting the epiglottis. Swallowing is an important part of eating and drinking. If the process fails and the material (such as food, drink, or medicine) goes through the trachea, then choking or pulmonary aspiration can occur. In the human body the automatic temporary closing of the epiglottis is controlled by the swallowing reflex.
The portion of food, drink, or other material that will move through the neck in one swallow is called a bolus.
Usage examples of "swallowing".
When she was finally standing before Rodney Jeffries, swallowing nervously, Harry gasped.
She looked up at the castle across the lake, swallowing, and Harry remembered when he climbed into one of the small boats with Ron, Hermione and Neville six years earlier, gazing awestruck at the vision that was Hogwarts castle.
After an outburst like that from Sirius, Harry swiftly put the gum in his mouth and chewed as quickly as he could, swallowing with great difficulty.
He paused, swallowing, looking at Ron and Ginny in turn, unsure how to say it.
Harry pulled her mouth to his, swallowing her cries before she went limp and collapsed, a glazed look in her eyes.
He cautiously stepped over the threshold and stood in the Great Hall, swallowing with apprehension.
Harry stopped chewing his cake, realized that his mouth was open, and shut it abruptly, swallowing with difficulty.
Harry nodded, swallowing, as something, a sort of reluctant knowledge, prickled along his scalp.
Borellus speaks of individuals swallowing stones, horns, serpents, and toads.
They formed the habit from seeing birds swallowing gravel after eating.
Glower of Chelmsford had a patient who lived ten years on a pint of tea daily, only now or then chewing a half dozen raisins or almonds, but not swallowing them.
Preslin speaks of a woman who invariably had a hemorrhage after swallowing a small quantity of vinegar.
The fish could be easily felt impacted in the tissues, but, after swallowing much water and vinegar, together with other efforts at extraction, the fins were loosened--about twenty-four hours after the accident.
He felt this thing moving, and it caused difficulty in swallowing, and occasionally vomiting.
The patient was a man of forty-two, and, some six weeks before he presented himself for treatment, before swallowing had experienced a severe pain low down in the neck.