Tra từ swallow - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

swal·low [swallow swallows swallowed swallowing] verb, noun BrE [ˈswɒləʊ] NAmE [ˈswɑːloʊ]
verb

FOOD/DRINK
1. transitive, intransitive to make food, drink, etc. go down your throat into your stomach
•~ (sth) Always chew food well before swallowing it.
• I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow.
•~ sth + adj. The pills should be swallowed whole.

MOVE THROAT MUSCLES
2. intransitive to move the muscles of your throat as if you were swallowing sth, especially because you are nervous
• She swallowed hard and told him the bad news.

COMPLETELY COVER
3. transitive, often passive to take sb/sth in or completely cover it so that they cannot be seen or no longer exist separately
•~ sb/sth I watched her walk down the road until she was swallowed by the darkness.
•~ sb/sth up Large areas of countryside have been swallowed up by towns.

USE UP MONEY
4. transitive ~ sb/sth (up) to use up sth completely, especially an amount of money
•Most of my salary gets swallowed (up) by the rent and bills.

BELIEVE
5. transitive to accept that sth is true; to believe sth
•~ sth I found her excuse very hard to swallow.
•~ sth + adj. He told her a pack of lies, but she swallowed it whole.

FEELINGS
6. transitive ~ sth to hide your feelings
•to swallow your doubts
•You're going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back.

ACCEPT INSULTS
7. transitive ~ sth to accept insults, criticisms, etc. without complaining or protesting
•I was surprised that he just sat there and swallowed all their remarks.
see a bitter pill (for sb) (to swallow) at ↑bitter _adj.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 2 Old English swelgan Germanic Dutch zwelgen German schwelgen n. sense 1 Old English swealwe Germanic Dutch zwaluw German Schwalbe

Example Bank:
•He swallowed back the lump in his throat.
•He told her a pack of lies but she swallowed it whole.
•I found her excuse very hard to swallow.
•Liquid food may be more easily swallowed.
•Most snakes swallow their prey whole.
•She accidentally swallowed a glass bead.
•She had to swallow hard before she could speak.
•She swallowed convulsively, determined not to cry.
•She swallowed down her breakfast in a hurry.
Idiom: ↑one swallow doesn't make a summer

noun

BIRD
1. a small bird with long pointed wings and a tail with two points, that spends the winter in Africa but flies to northern countries for the summer

OF FOOD/DRINK
2. an act of swallowing; an amount of food or drink that is swallowed at one time
•She took a swallow of coffee.

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 2 Old English swelgan Germanic Dutch zwelgen German schwelgen n. sense 1 Old English swealwe Germanic Dutch zwaluw German Schwalbe