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To swallow is to cause something to pass down your throat, to accept or believe something, to consume something or cause it to disappear, or to put down an emotion. (verb)

When you let a chewed up piece of food go down your throat, this is an example of a time when you swallow the food.
When you accept a lie someone tells you, this is an example of a time when you swallow the lie.
When a large business takes over a small business and the small business is absorbed into the larger one, this is an example of a time when the big business swallows the small one.
When you put down and refuse to display your anger, this is an example of a time when you swallow your anger.

A swallow is a small insect-eating bird with a forked tail and long, pointed wings. (noun)

A small migrating bird of the Hirundinidae family is an example of a swallow.

See swallow in Webster's New World College Dictionary