swallow

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
2. (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
3. (intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
4. (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
5. (intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
6. (transitive) To retract; to recant.
7. (transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

Noun

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.
3. (countable, uncountable) The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
4. (countable, uncountable) The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
5. (Nigeria, countable, uncountable) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing, commonly paired and eaten with various types of soup.

Noun

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

Sinonieme

gulp

drink

🥤

devour

gulp down

eat

🍽️

engulf

ingest

deglutition

sip

consume

eat up

absorb

martin

bird

🐦

swallow up

suck

accept

🉑

live with

believe

bury

quaff

get down

suppress

choke

guzzle

down

imbibe

buy

🛍️

eat greedily

uvula

withdraw

tolerate

take back

unsay

barn swallow

cooked rice

sup

swift

sparrow

whole

meal

stomach

swig

lick

immerse

ligule

gorge

take

take in

hirundinidae

Vertalings

avaler

hirondelle

tragar

rondine

Schwalbe

schlucken

golondrina

engolir

slikken

zwaluw

inghiottire

ingoiare

aronde

andorinha

doorslikken

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈswɒ.ləʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: swolowen

Geërf van Old English: swelgan

Verwante met Nederlands: zwelgen

Verwante met Duits: schwelgen

Verwante met Sweeds: svälja

Verwante met Yslands: svelgja

Verwante met Old English: swillan

Geërf van Middle English: swelwe

Geërf van Old English: swelh

Verwante met Old English: swiliġe

Verwante met Skots: swelch

Verwante met Middle Low German: swelch

Verwante met Nederlands: zwelg

Verwante met Old Norse: svelgr

Geërf van Middle English: swalwe

Geërf van Old English: swealwe

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Noors: svale

Verwante met Nederlands: zwaluw

Verwante met Duits: Schwalbe

Verwante met Sweeds: svala

In summary

From Middle English swolowen, swolwen, swolȝen, swelwen, swelȝen, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą (“to swallow, revel, devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *swelk- (“to gulp”). Cognate with Dutch zwelgen (“to revel, carouse, guzzle”), German schwelgen (“to delight, indulge”), Swedish svälja (“to swallow, gulp”), Icelandic svelgja (“to swallow”), Old English swillan, swilian (“to swill, wash out, gargle”). See also swill.
The noun is from Middle English swelwe, swolwe, from Old English swelh, swelg (“gulf, chasm”) and ġeswelge (“gulf, chasm, abyss, whirlpool”), both from Proto-West Germanic *swelg, *swalgi, from Proto-Germanic *swelgaz, *swalgiz. Cognate with Old English swiliġe (“pit”), Scots swelch, swellie, swallie (“an abyss in the sea, whirpool”), Middle Low German swelch (“whirlpool, eddy”), Dutch zwelg (“gorge, chasm, gullet, throat”), Old Norse svelgr (“whirlpool, current, stream”).