“swallowed” is a form of
swallow
UK /ˈswɒl.əʊ/ · US /ˈswɑ.loʊ/ verb, noun, proper noun
Forms swallows swallowing swallowed swalow swolow
- verb (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
- verb (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
- verb (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. “My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.”
- verb (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
- verb (intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
- verb (transitive) To retract; to recant. “to swallow one's opinions”
- verb (transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation. “to swallow an affront or insult”
- verb (sex, slang, vulgar, euphemistic) To swallow semen after oral sex, as opposed to spitting it out.
- noun The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing. “He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.”
- noun (archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
- noun (archaic) The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.
- noun (nautical) The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
- noun (Nigeria) 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.
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1703).
Synonyms
consume devour eat gulp absorb engulf incorporate swallow up add on assimilate co-opt corporate incorpse integrate subsume buy credit monopolize occupy take over sup drink deglutition get down immerse bury eat up take back unsay withdraw
Etymology
From Middle English swolwen, 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”), Danish svælge (“to swallow”), Norwegian Bokmål svelge (“to swallow”), Norwegian Nynorsk svelgje (“to swallow”), Swedish svälja (“to swallow, gulp”), Faroese svølgja (“to swallow”), Icelandic svelgja (“to swallow”), Old English swillan, swilian (“to swill, wash out, gargle”). See also swill.
The noun is from Middle English swolow, 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”).
From Middle English swalwe, swalewe, swalowe, from Old English swealwe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ. Cognate with Norwegian and Danish svale, Dutch zwaluw, German Schwalbe, Swedish svala.
* As an English surname, from the noun swallow (sense 2).
* Also as an English surname, from Swallow in Lincolnshire, named after its river. The placename itself could be related to the verb swell, or related to the name of the river Swale.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.
- noun Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
- verb To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
- verb To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb --usually followed by up. Milton.
Etymology [OE. swalowe, AS. swalewe, swealwe; akin to D. zwaluw, OHG. swalawa, G. schwalbe, Icel. & Sw. svala, Dan. svale.]
Etymology [OE. swolewen, swolwen, swolhen, AS. swelgan; akin to D. zwelgen, OHG. swelahan, swelgan, G. schwelgen to feast, to revel, Icel. svelgia to swallow, SW. svälja, Dan. svælge. Cf. Groundsel a plant.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “swallow”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details