1. a small migratory bird with a forked tail and long pointed wings
2. an act of swallowing

1. to cause food or drink to pass from the mouth down the throat
2. to take in and cause to disappear; engulf
3. to accept or believe without question
Usage: figurative

Examples

• She took a pill and swallowed it with water.
• The quicksand seemed to swallow the entire car.
• He found it hard to swallow her excuse.
• Swallows migrate south for the winter.
• She took a large swallow of her coffee.
• The whale can swallow enormous amounts of krill.
• Don’t swallow everything you read online.