swallow in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   accept  live with  swallow 
   
2. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
   "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
   immerse  swallow  swallow up  bury  eat up 
   
3. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
   "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
   swallow  get down 
   
4. believe or accept without questioning or challenge
   "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
   swallow 
   
5. keep from expressing
   "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
   swallow 
   
6. take back what one has said
   "He swallowed his words"
   swallow  take back  unsay  withdraw 
   
7. utter indistinctly
   "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
   swallow 
   
8. engulf and destroy
   "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
   swallow 
   

1. the act of swallowing
   "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
   swallow  drink  deglutition 
   
2. a small amount of liquid food
   "a sup of ale"
   swallow  sup 
   
3. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
   swallow