swallow ~ swallow
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“Swallow” (verb) is ‘to make some solid food or some liquid go down one’s throat into the stomach after chewing or without chewing it; to move the muscles of one’s throat as if there was something in their mouth or to take down the saliva through their throat when one is very frightened or nervous; to believe a story or an explanation without any question or doubts, especially when the story or explanation is false; to accept an insult or criticism or an embarrassment without any complaint or protest’,
e.g.
Snakes swallow their food (prey) whole. They cannot bite or cut their food into pieces and chew them as we do.
When she was asked to tell the truth, she swallowed nervously and looked around.
Though the young man swore never to go to his parents for help, his present position was so critical that he had toswallow his pride and phone his father.
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“Swallow” (noun) is ‘a small black and white bird with pointed wings and a long tail with two points, which spends the winter months in Africa and flies back to northern countries of Europe in summer’,
e.g.
We saw a couple of swallows nesting in our garden.
