swallow

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. ingest, gulp, devour, consume; absorb, engulf, assimilate, envelop; retract; bear, endure, submit to; believe, accept. See food, credulity, receiving.

II

(Roget's IV) n. Swallows include: bank, cliff, barn, tree, eave, rough-winged; purple martin; see also bird 1 . v.

Syn. consume, engulf, gulp, take, wash down, pour, swill, bolt, take in one draught, swig, choke down, ingurgitate, imbibe, swallow up, toss off*; see also drink 1 , eat 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. gulp down, ingest, guzzle, eat, drink, *choke down, gobble, bolt, *wolf down, *chug-a-lug, quaff.

2. engulf absorb, devour, overwhelm, envelop.

3. put up with tolerate, endure, suffer, bear, ignore.

4. believe without question *swallow hook, line and sinker, *buy, take on faith, accept, swallow whole, *fall for, be naive.

ANT.: 1. regurgitate, vomit, throw up. 4. disbelieve, reject, mistrust

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach: ingest, take. See MOUTH. 2. To put up with: abide, accept, bear, brook2, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, take, tolerate, withstand. Informal: lump2. Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See ACCEPT. 3. To do away with completely and destructively. Also used with up: consume, devour, eat (up), waste. See HELP. 4. Slang. To regard (something) as true or real: accept, believe. Slang: buy. See OPINION. II noun An act of swallowing: gulp, ingestion. See MOUTH.