Слово англійською: swallow

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swallow

verb
/ˈswɑːləʊ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they swallow
/ˈswɑːləʊ/
he / she / it swallows
/ˈswɑːləʊz/
past simple swallowed
/ˈswɑːləʊd/
past participle swallowed
/ˈswɑːləʊd/
-ing form swallowing
/ˈswɑːləʊɪŋ/

    food/drink

  1. [transitive, intransitive] to make food, drink, etc. go down your throat into your stomach
    • swallow (something) Always chew food well before swallowing it.
    • I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow.
    • swallow something + adj. The pills should be swallowed whole.
    2.

    move throat muscles

  2. [intransitive] to move the muscles of your throat as if you were swallowing something, especially because you are nervous
    • She swallowed hard and told him the bad news.
    3.

    completely cover

  3. [transitive, often passive] to take somebody/something in or completely cover them/it so that they/it cannot be seen or exist separately any longer
    • swallow somebody/something I watched her walk down the road until she was swallowed by the darkness.
    • swallow somebody/something up Large areas of countryside have been swallowed up by towns.
    4.

    use up money

  4. [transitive] swallow somebody/something (up) to use up something completely, especially an amount of money
    • Most of my salary gets swallowed (up) by the rent and bills.
    5.

    believe

  5. [transitive] to accept that something is true; to believe something
    • swallow something I found her excuse very hard to swallow.
    • swallow something + adj. He told her a pack of lies, but she swallowed it whole.
    6.

    feelings

  6. [transitive] swallow something to hide your feelings
    • to swallow your doubts
    • You're going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back.
    7.

    accept insults

  7. [transitive] swallow something to accept offensive remarks, criticisms, etc. without complaining or protesting
    • I was surprised that he just sat there and swallowed all their remarks.
    8. Word Originverb Old English swelgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwelgen and German schwelgen.
Idioms
a bitter pill (for somebody) (to swallow)
  1. a fact or an event that is unpleasant and difficult to accept
    • The election defeat was a bitter pill for the party to swallow.
like the cat that got/ate/swallowed the canary (US English)
(British English like a cat that’s got the cream)
  1. very pleased with yourself synonym smug
    • She looked like the cat that’s swallowed the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure.
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