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spolknout — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • swallow verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.

Senses

spolknout is used for these senses in English:

  • swallow (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]
  • swallow (intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion. [from 18th c.]

swallow — full definition

  1. verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.
  2. verb To accept or believe something readily, often too readily.
  3. verb To put up with something unpleasant without complaining or retaliating.
  4. noun A small, fast-flying migratory bird with a forked tail that catches insects in flight.

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