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I . swallow1 [ˈswɑːloʊ, Brit ˈswɒləʊ] VB trans, intr

swallow

II . swallow1 [ˈswɑːloʊ, Brit ˈswɒləʊ] N

swallow

swallow2 N ZOOL

swallow

swallow up VB trans (absorb)

swallow up

Usage examples with swallow

to swallow one's pride
to swallow sth whole
to swallow the bait fig

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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If the blood glucose falls too low a person can become disoriented and unable to swallow.
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These fused bundles of several thousand large cilia are able to bite off pieces of prey that are too large to swallow whole almost always other ctenophores.
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Third, experts will swallow (or, more often, spit) and examine the taste sensations for a second life or aftertaste, again searching for more flavor notes.
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It appears some of the city's demands are too hard to swallow.
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But it is not this big to swallow up mammals such as tree shrews or rats.
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The swallow has belittled (9) the dove, and the sparrow and the staff.
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Subjects were administered a solution of aspartame for a specific amount of time before being instructed to swallow the solution.
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The fish has a distinctive habit of catching its prey sideways in the mouth, immobilising it with its sharp, backward-pointing teeth, and then turning the prey headfirst to swallow it.
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The crag martin's flight appears relatively slow for a swallow.
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Once the prey in stuck onto the line, the cave worms uses its mouth to haul up the fishing line and swallow the insect.
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