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Results for: "swallow"

Translating from English to Polish

Translations:

swallow — to pass food down the throat
→ połykać impf
→ połknąć pf
→ przełknąć
swallow — swallow, small migratory bird
→ jaskółka f
→ dymówka f

More translations:

swallow
→ przełykać
swallow
→ `kupić`
swallow
→ łykanie, łyknięcie
swallow
→ jaskółka

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (3)

1. a small amount of liquid food;
- Example: "a sup of ale"
[syn: swallow, sup]

2. the act of swallowing;
- Example: "one swallow of the liquid was enough"
- Example: "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
[syn: swallow, drink, deglutition]

3. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations;


VERB (8)

1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;
- Example: "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
[syn: swallow, get down]

2. engulf and destroy;
- Example: "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;
- Example: "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
[syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up]

4. utter indistinctly;
- Example: "She swallowed the last words of her speech"

5. take back what one has said;
- Example: "He swallowed his words"
[syn: swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw]

6. keep from expressing;
- Example: "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to;
- Example: "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"
- Example: "I swallowed the insult"
- Example: "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
[syn: accept, live with, swallow]

8. believe or accept without questioning or challenge;
- Example: "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"