swallow

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
2. To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
3. 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. To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
5. To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
6. To retract; to recant.
7. To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

slikken

zwaluw

verkroppen

opslokken

nassen

inzwelgen

in beslag nemen

opslorpen

opslurpen

resorberen

eat greedily

cooked rice

hirundinidae

force back

small person

stuff in

swallow whole

ingulf

cry bitterly

swallow down

gulp down one’s saliva

accept without question

amount passed down throat

glip

taking down throat

allow to go

devour To fill

get outside of

welcome swallow

pocket without a hitch

believe in

choke down

little bird

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈswɒ.ləʊ/

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”).