Nouns (4)
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swallow
n. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
swallow, drink, deglutition
n. the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
Verbs (10)
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swallow
v. engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
swallow
v. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
swallow
v. believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
accept, live with, swallow
v. tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw
v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
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Fuzzynyms (32)
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inundate, deluge, submerge
v. fill or cover completely, usually with water
submerge, submerse
v. put under water; "submerge your head completely"
devour, down, consume, go through
v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
devour, guttle, raven, pig
v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
guzzle
v. drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
accept
v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
permit, allow, let, countenance
v. consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
disclaim
v. renounce a legal claim or title to
revoke
v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
retire, withdraw
v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
recall
v. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
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Antonyms (1)
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buy
v. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
swallow
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