svælg — meaning in English
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English meaning
- gorge noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.
- pharynx noun The section of the digestive and breathing passages that runs from just behind the mouth and nose down to the larynx and gullet.
- throat noun The front part of the neck, or the passage inside it leading from the mouth to the lungs and stomach.
Senses
svælg is used for these senses in English:
- gorge (archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
- gorge (archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
- pharynx (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
- throat The gullet or windpipe.
gorge — full definition
- noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.
- noun The throat or gullet.
- verb To eat greedily and to excess.
pharynx — full definition
- noun The section of the digestive and breathing passages that runs from just behind the mouth and nose down to the larynx and gullet.
- noun In some invertebrates, the muscular part of the gut just behind the mouth, which can be tough and toothed, or shaped for sucking in food.
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