What is the meaning of swallow?

noun

• A small amount of liquid food.
  • usage: "a sup of ale"
  • synonyms: sup
• The act of swallowing.
  • usage: "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
  • synonyms: drink, deglutition
• Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations.

verb

• Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking.
  • usage: "Swallow the raw fish-it won't kill you"
  • synonyms: get down
• Engulf and destroy.
  • usage: "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
• Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.
  • usage: "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
  • synonyms: immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up
• Utter indistinctly.
  • usage: "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
• Take back what one has said.
  • usage: "He swallowed his words"
  • synonyms: take back, unsay, withdraw
• Keep from expressing.
  • usage: "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
• Tolerate or accommodate oneself to.
  • usage: "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
  • synonyms: accept, live with
• Believe or accept without questioning or challenge.
  • usage: "Am I supposed to swallow that story"