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rondine — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

rondine is used for these senses in English:

  • barn swallow Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
  • swallow A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

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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