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According to WordNet, the verb "swallow" has 8 sense(s).

201201856 pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!".

200737352 keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet".

200799076 take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words".

200941037 utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech".

200601659 believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?".

201582409 enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter".

200668805 tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies".

201083769 engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries".


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