What is the meaning of swallowed?

verb

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