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■ verb
1》 cause or allow (food, drink, etc.) to pass down the throat.
↘make a similar movement of the throat, especially through fear or nervousness.
2》 take in and cause to disappear; engulf.
3》 put up with or meekly accept.
↘resist expressing: he ~ed his pride.
4》 believe (an untrue or unlikely statement) unquestioningly.
■ noun an act of ~ing something.
Derivatives
~able adjective
~er noun
Origin
OE swelgan , of Gmc origin.
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■ noun a migratory swift-flying insectivorous songbird with a forked tail. [ Hirundo rustica and other species, family Hirundinidae.]
Origin
OE swealwe , of Gmc origin.