A small amount of liquid food.

synoniem: sup.

Nederlands: dronk, slok

The act of swallowing:
— One swallow of the liquid was enough.

synoniemen: deglutition, drink.

Nederlands: slok, de keel smeren, drinken
Pools: połykanie, łykanie, przełykanie

Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations.

Nederlands: zwaluw
Pools: jaskółka

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking:
— Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!.

synoniem: get down.

Roget 296: give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate^†; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink etc. (food) 298.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 298: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in [Slang]; lick, pick, peck; gormandize etc. 957; bite, champ, munch, cranch^†, craunch^†, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.    live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse etc. (make merry) 840; eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet.    break bread, break one's fast; breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup.    drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck up; lap; swig; swill [Slang], chugalug [Slang], tipple etc. (be drunken) 959; empty one's glass, drain the cup; toss off, toss one's glass; wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle.    purvey etc. 637.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 486: be credulous etc. adj.; jurare in verba magistri [Lat.]; follow implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; take for granted, take for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green cheese; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance; catch at straws, grasp at straws.    impose upon etc. (deceive) 545.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 484: believe, credit; give faith to, give credit to, credence to; see, realize; assume, receive; set down for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume.    count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon; lay one's account for; make sure of.    make oneself easy about, on that score; take on trust, take on credit; take for granted, take for gospel; allow some weight to, attach some weight to.    know, know for certain; have know, make no doubt; doubt not; be, rest assured etc. adj.; persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself; make up one's mind.    give one credit for; confide in, believe in, put one's trust in; place in, repose in, implicit confidence in; take one's word for, at one's word; place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to.    think, hold; take, take it; opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow^†, ween^†, fancy, apprehend; have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion etc. n.. view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise etc. 514.    get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an opinion; swallow etc. (credulity) 486.    cause to be believed etc. v.; satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure; convince, convict^†, convert; wean, bring round; bring over, win over; indoctrinate etc. (teach) 537; cram down the throat; produce conviction, carry conviction; bring home to, drive home to.    go down, find credence, pass current; be received etc. v., be current etc. adj.; possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 826: be composed etc. adj.. laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; take things easily, take things as they come; take it easy, rub on, live and let live; take easily, take cooly^†, take in good part; aequam servare mentem [Lat.].    bear the brunt, bear well; go through, support, endure, brave, disregard.    tolerate, suffer, stand, bide; abide, aby^†; bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with; acquiesce; submit etc. (yield) 725; submit with a good grace; resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach.    make light of, make the best of, make 'a virtue of necessity'" [Chaucer]; put a good face on, keep one's countenance; check etc. 751; check oneself.    compose, appease etc. (moderate); 174; propitiate; repress etc. (restrain) 751; render insensible etc. 823; overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability etc. 825; master one's feelings.    make oneself easy; make one's mind easy; set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest.    calm down, cool down; gentle; thaw, grow cool.    be borne, be endured; go down.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: slikken

Engulf and destroy.

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing:
— The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter.

synoniemen: bury, eat up, immerse, swallow up.

Utter indistinctly.

Take back what one has said:
— He swallowed his words.

synoniemen: take back, unsay, withdraw.

Keep from expressing.

Tolerate or accommodate oneself to:
— I swallowed the insult.

synoniemen: accept, live with.

Nederlands: verteren, verwerken

Believe or accept without questioning or challenge.

Nederlands: slikken, inslikken