swallow in English: To make food or drink go down your throat. (verb)

Translation

To make food or drink go down your throat.

Word origin

From Old English swelgan, to take down through the throat.

Verb typeregular (swallow, swallows, swallowed)

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You chew first, then "swallow" to send the food down your throat.

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"Swallowed" is the past form; the pill went down in one go.

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Here "swallow" is used alone, with nothing after it.

eat

To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

drink

To take water or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it.

mouth

The part of your face that you use to eat and to speak.

throat

The front of your neck, and the tube inside it that food and air pass through.

bite

To cut into something with your teeth.

choke

To be unable to breathe because something is stuck in your throat or pressing on it.

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