swallowing

v. take into the stomach via the throat (as of food or drink); engulf, envelop; suppress one's emotions; put up with; take back, retract; believe without questioning, naively accept (Slang)

Swallowing, known scientifically as deglutition, is the reflex in the human body that makes something pass from the mouth, to the pharynx, into the esophagus, with the shutting of the epiglottis. If this fails and the object goes through the trachea, then choking or pulmonary aspiration can occur.
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Swallowing /swal·low·ing/ the taking in of a substance through the mouth and pharynx, past the cricopharyngeal sphincter, through the esophagus, and [more]Swallowing - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale"
(synonym) sup
(hypernym) taste, mouthful
2. the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
(synonym) drink, deglutition
(hypernym) consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
(hyponym) aerophagia
(derivation) get down
3. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
(hypernym) oscine, oscine bird
(hyponym) barn swallow, chimney swallow, Hirundo rustica
Verb
1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
(synonym) get down
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) bolt
(derivation) drink, deglutition
2. engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
(hypernym) demolish, destroy
3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
(synonym) immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up
(hypernym) enclose, inclose, shut in
4. utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
(hypernym) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
5. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
(synonym) take back, unsay, withdraw
(hypernym) renounce, repudiate
6. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
(hypernym) suppress, repress
7. 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 idiosyncracies"
(synonym) accept, live with
(hypernym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
8. believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
(hypernym) believe

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