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{{also|Swallow}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|swallow (disambiguation)|swallow}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈswɒ.ləʊ/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈswɑ.loʊ/|a=US}}
** {{IPA|en|[ˈswɑ.ɫoʊ̯]|a=general}}
*** {{audio|en|en-us-swallow.ogg|a=US}}
** {{IPA|en|[ˈswɑ.wɜʊ̯]|a=Philadelphia}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒləʊ|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|swolowen}}, {{m|enm|swolwen}}, {{m|enm|swolȝen}}, {{m|enm|swelwen}}, {{m|enm|swelȝen}}, from {{inh|en|ang|swelgan}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swelgan}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swelganą|t=to swallow, revel, devour}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*swelk-|t=to gulp}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|zwelgen|t=to revel, carouse, guzzle}}, {{cog|de|schwelgen|t=to delight, indulge}}, {{cog|sv|svälja|t=to swallow, gulp}}, {{cog|is|svelgja|t=to swallow}}, {{cog|ang|swillan}}, {{m|ang|swilian|t=to swill, wash out, gargle}}. See also {{l|en|swill}}.

The noun is from {{inh|en|enm|swelwe}}, {{m|enm|swolwe}}, from {{inh|en|ang|swelh}}, {{m|ang|swelg|t=gulf, chasm}} and {{m|ang|ġeswelge|t=gulf, chasm, abyss, whirlpool}}, both from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swelg}}, {{m|gmw-pro|*swalgi}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swelgaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*swalgiz}}. Cognate with {{cog|ang|swiliġe|t=pit}}, {{cog|sco|swelch}}, {{m|sco|swellie}}, {{m|sco|swallie|t=an abyss in the sea, whirpool}}, {{cog|gml|swelch|t=whirlpool, eddy}}, {{cog|nl|zwelg|t=gorge, chasm, gullet, throat}}, {{cog|non|svelgr|t=whirlpool, current, stream}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|swalow|swolow||obsolete}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the [[mouth]] into the [[stomach]]; to take into the stomach through the throat. {{defdate|from 11th c.}}
#: {{syn|en|consume|devour|eat|gulp}}
#* {{RQ:Falkner Moonfleet|year=1934|passage=What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could '''swallow''' it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Jonathan Jones|journal=The Guardian|date=21 Apr 2011
|passage=Clothes are to be worn and food is to be '''swallowed''': they remain trapped in the physical world.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To take (something) in so that it disappears; to [[consume]], [[absorb]]. {{defdate|from 13th c.}}
#: {{syn|en|absorb|engulf|incorporate|swallow up|Thesaurus:integrate}}
#* {{RQ:Locke Conduct|passage=The necessary provision of the life '''swallows''' the greatest part of their time.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=What are the wild waves saying|journal=The Economist|date=28 Oct 2010
|passage=His body, like so many others '''swallowed''' by the ocean's hungry maw, was never found.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|author=Drachinifel|title=The Salvage of Pearl Harbor Pt 1 - The Smoke Clears|date=11 November 2020|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-V9cCSC8o|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022073826/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-V9cCSC8o|archivedate=22 October 2022|accessdate=30 October 2022|time=25:13|text=Elsewhere still, they'd managed to find the wreck of a Japanese midget submarine, and so, when the battleships were done being '''swallowed''' by the seabed, some efforts were being made to haul ''this'' up as well.}}
# {{lb|en|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. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
#: {{syn|en|gulp}}
#: {{ux|en|My throat was so sore that I was unable to '''swallow'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1979|author=VC Andrews|title=Flowers in the Attic|passage=She '''swallowed''' nervously then, appearing near sick with what she had to say.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To accept easily or without questions; to [[believe]], [[accept]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
#: {{syn|en|buy|credit}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1920|translator=Katherine Miller|author=Romain Rolland|title=Clerambault
|passage=this humbug was readily '''swallowed''' by men who were supposed to be intelligent,}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1962|month=March|title=Lessons of the Freeze-up|journal=Modern Railways|page=146|text=Most newspapers we saw '''swallowed''' whole an S.R. estimate that it would cost £20m to equip the Region with point heaters.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Madeleine Bunting|journal=The Guardian|date=22 Apr 2011
|passage=Americans '''swallowed''' his tale because they wanted to.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[engross]]; to [[appropriate]]; usually with ''up''.
#: {{syn|en|absorb|monopolize|occupy|take over}}
#* {{RQ:Homer Pope Iliad|book=preface|text=Homer excels {{...}} in this, that he '''swallowed''' up the honour of those who succeeded him.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[retract]]; to [[recant]].
#: {{syn|en|disavow|take back|Thesaurus:recant}}
#: {{ux|en|to '''swallow''' one's opinions}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Measure|III|i|passage=Left her in her tears, and dried not one of them with his comfort; '''swallowed''' his vows whole}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[put up with]]; to [[bear]] [[patiently]] or without [[retaliation]].
#: {{syn|en|endure|live with|Thesaurus:tolerate}}
#: {{ux|en|to '''swallow''' an affront or insult}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{rel4|en|title=Terms derived from ''swallow'' (verb)|bitter pill to swallow|look like one swallowed a bug|swallowable|swallow one's pride|swallow up|difficult pill to swallow|hard pill to swallow|pill to swallow|swallow one's words|swallow the anchor|swallow the dictionary|swallow the leek|tough pill to swallow| swallow down|hard to swallow}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|sluk}}
* Akan: {{t|ak|men}}
* Aklanon: {{t|akl|tueon}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|kapërdij}}, {{t+|sq|gëlltit}}, {{t|sq|gëlltis}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جَرَعَ}}, {{t|ar|بَلَعَ}}, {{t|ar|سَرَطَ}}, {{t|ar|اِزْدَرَدَ}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|سرط|tr=sraṭ}}, {{t|ary|بلع|tr=blaʕ}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|կուլ տալ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|ngljit}}, {{t|rup|ãngljit}}, {{t|rup|bucusescu}}, {{t|rup|dispishescu}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|গিলা}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|tragar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|udmaq}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|йотоу}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|irentsi}}, {{t|eu|irents}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|каўта́ць|impf}}, {{t+|be|глыта́ць|impf}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|গেলা}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|halon}}
* Bislama: {{t|bi|solem}}
* Breton: {{t|br|lonka}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|гъ́лтам|impf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|မျို}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|engolir}}, {{t+|ca|enviar}} {{q|Balearic Islands}}, {{t+|ca|empassar}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|tulon}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎠᎩᏍᎦ}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|nannabli}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|吞|tr=tan1}}, {{t|yue|吞落肚|tr=tan1 lok6 tou5}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|吞|tr=tūn}}, {{t+|cmn|咽|tr=yàn}}, {{t+|cmn|吞嚥|tr=tūnyàn}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ⲱⲙⲕ}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|yutmaq}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|polykat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|polknout|pf}}, {{t+|cs|spolknout|pf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|sluge}}, {{t+|da|synke}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|slikken}}, {{t+|nl|doorslikken}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ꜥm|h=a-m-F10-A2}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|gluti}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|neelama}}
* Even: {{t|eve|нимӈэ-}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|нимңэ-}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|niellä}}, {{t+|fi|nielaista}}
* French: {{t+|fr|avaler}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|gloti}}
* Fwâi: {{t|fwa|thevhî}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|tragar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ყლაპავს}}, {{t|ka|ყლაპვა}}
* German: {{t+|de|schlucken}}
*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|schlucke}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καταπίνω}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|καταπίνω}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|בָּלַע|tr=balá}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|निगलना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nyel}}, {{t+|hu|lenyel}} {{t+|hu|bekap}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|kyngja}}, {{t+|is|gleypa}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|glutar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menelan}}, {{t+|id|menenggak}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|lainata}}, {{t|izh|liukata}}, {{t|izh|luikata}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|glutir}}, {{t|ia|inglutir}}, {{t|ia|deglutir}}, {{t|ia|ingurgitar}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|slog}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|inghiottire}}, {{t+|it|ingerire}}, {{t|it|mandare giù}}, {{t+|it|ingoiare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|嚥下|alt=嚥下する|tr=えんげする, enge suru}}, {{t+|ja|飲み込む|tr=のみこむ, nomikomu}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|ulu}}, {{t|jv|leg}}
* Jawe: {{t|jaz|cevi}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|akmul}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жұту}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|លេប}}
* Kongo: {{t|kg|kumina}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|삼키다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|daqurtandin}}, {{t+|kmr|daûrandin}}, {{t+|kmr|dabilandin}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жутуу}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ກືນ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|reit}}
* Latin: {{t|la|glūtiō}}, {{t|la|gluttiō}}, {{t|la|haurio}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|rīt}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|ryti}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|го́лта|impf}}, {{t|mk|про́голта|pf}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|mitroka}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|telan}}, {{t|ms|menelan}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|bela'}}, {{t|mt|bala'}}
* Mansaka: {{t|msk|lamon}}
* Minangkabau: {{t+|min|lapah}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|залгих}}
* Muong: {{t|mtq|đóch}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|лунгбэ-}}
* Nemi: {{t|nem|temi}}, {{t|nem|tepmi}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|निल्नु}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|miza|alt=umiza}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|svelge}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|svelgje}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|engolir}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|глътати|impf}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|liqimsuu}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بلعیدن|tr=bal'idan}}, {{t+|fa|اوباردن|tr=obârdan}} {{qualifier|literary}}, {{t+|fa|فرو بردن|tr=foru bordan}}
* Pije: {{t|piz|tephî}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|połykać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|połknąć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|engolir}}, {{t|pt|deglutir}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|millp'uy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înghiți}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|глота́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|проглоти́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|глотну́ть|pf}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|गिरति}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|swallie}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sluig}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гу̀тати|impf}}, {{t|sh|прогу̀тати|pf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|gùtati|impf}}, {{t+|sh|progùtati|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|hltať|impf}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|goltati|impf}}, {{t+|sl|pogoltniti|pf}}, {{t|sl|požirati|impf}}, {{t|sl|požreti|pf}}
* Somali: {{t|so|liqid}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tragar}} {{q|common use}}, {{t+|es|engullir}} {{q|hastily and without chewing}}, {{t+|es|deglutir}} {{q|formal}}, {{t+|es|ingurgitar}}, {{t+|es|gandir}} {{qualifier|chew and swallow}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|swari}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|meza|alt=kumeza}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|svälja}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|lunok}}, {{t+|tl|lumod}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|фурӯ бурдан}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|விழுங்கு}}, {{t|ta|முழுங்கு}} {{q|colloquial variant}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|йоту}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|మింగు}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|tolan}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กลืน}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|མིད་ཁྱུར}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|nuk-}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yutmak}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ýuwutmak}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ковта́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|глита́ти|impf}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|نگلنا|tr=nigalnā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|يۇتماق}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|yutmoq}}, {{t+|uz|yutinmoq}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nuốt}} <!-- chim nhạn is a bird! -->
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|avaler}}, {{t+|wa|houmer}} {{qualifier|entire crude egg}}, {{t+|wa|goirdjî}} {{qualifier|with preposition "dins" or "divins"}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|llyncu}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|nqos}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שלינגען}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|ro'qulotnaene}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|ndwnj}}, {{t|za|gyan}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to take in, to consume}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|përpij}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|halon}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|поглъщам}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|nannabli}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|spolknout|pf}} {{qualifier|informal}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|gluti}}, {{t|eo|engluti}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|niellä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|avaler}}
* German: {{t+|de|verschlucken}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elnyel}}, {{t+|hu|bekebelez}}, {{t+|hu|bekap}}
* Irish:
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|sluicid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|consumare}}, {{t+|it|assorbire}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|嚥下|alt=嚥下する|tr=えんげする, enge suru}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|daqurtandin}}, {{t+|kmr|daûrandin}}, {{t+|kmr|dabilandin}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|про́голта}}, {{t|mk|го́лта}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|horopū}} {{qualifier|whole}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|sluke}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|sluke}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|gleypa}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|engolir}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sluig}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гу̀тати|impf}}, {{t|sh|прогу̀тати|pf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|gùtati|impf}}, {{t+|sh|progùtati|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tragar}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|meza}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sluka}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|తిను}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|almak}}, {{t+|tr|tüketmek}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|groten}}, {{t|zza|groten}}
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{{trans-top|to make muscular contractions of the oesophagus}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|halon}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|поглъщам}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|nannabli}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|polykat}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nielaista}}
* French: {{t+|fr|avaler}}, {{t+|fr|déglutir}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καταπίνω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nyel}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|deglutire}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|daqurtandin}}, {{t+|kmr|daûrandin}}, {{t+|kmr|dabilandin}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|прого́лтува}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|svelge}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|svelgje}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|deglutir}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|engolir}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|swallie}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sluig}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гу̀тати}}, {{t|sh|прогу̀тати}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|gùtati}}, {{t+|sh|progùtati}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|deglutir}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|meza}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|svälja}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yutkunmak}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to believe or accept}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|相信}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|spolknout}} {{qualifier|informal}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|slikken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|niellä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|avaler}}, {{t+|fr|digérer}}
* German: {{t+|de|schlucken}}, {{t+|de|akzeptieren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καταπίνω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elhisz}}, {{t+|hu|elfogad}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|accettare}}, {{t+|it|crederci}}, {{t|it|mandare giù}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|pejirandin}}, {{t+|kmr|daqurtandin}}, {{t+|kmr|daûrandin}}, {{t+|kmr|dabilandin}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|sluke}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|sluke}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|engolir}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|comérselo}}, {{t+|es|tragar}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|meza}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|svälja}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|inanmak}}, {{t+|tr|kabul etmek}}, {{t+|tr|kabullenmek}}, {{t+|tr|yutmak}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|avaler}}, {{t+|wa|acroere}} {{qualifier|passive way "fé acroere" : make swallow}}
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{{trans-top|to put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|преглъщам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|容忍}}
* German: {{t+|de|schlucken}}, {{t|de|[[abfinden]] [[mit]]}} {{qualifier|reflexive}}, {{t|de|hinnehmem}}, {{t+|de|ertragen}}, {{t+|de|aushalten}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lenyel}}, {{t+|hu|elfogad}}, {{t+|hu|belenyugszik}}, {{t+|hu|beletörődik}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|про́голта}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tragar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|svälja}}
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====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|archaic}} A deep [[chasm]] or [[abyss]] in the earth.
# {{lb|en|archaic}} The [[mouth]] and [[throat]]; that which is used for swallowing; the [[gullet]].
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1886|translator=H.L. Br&aelig;kstad|author=w:Peter Christen Asbj&oslash;rnsen|title=Folk and Fairy Tales|page=103|passage=The door burst wide open, and he saw nothing but a gaping jaw extending from the threshold up to the lintel. "There is a mouthful for you," said the youngster, and threw the pauper boy into the '''swallow'''; "taste that! But let me see now who you are! Perhaps you are an old acquaintance?" And so it was; it was the devil who was about again.}}
# The amount swallowed in one [[gulp]]; the act of swallowing.
#: {{ux|en|He took the aspirin with a single '''swallow''' of water.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1978|author=Tom Reamy|title=Blind Voices|passage=She took a '''swallow''' of milk and made a face. "This milk is [[blinky]]."}}
# {{lb|en|nautical}} The [[opening]] in a [[pulley block]] between the [[sheave]] and [[shell]] through which the [[rope]] [[pass]]es.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008| title=Rigging: Rig Your Boat Right for Racing or Cruising|author=Danilo Fabbroni | page=| passage=In addition, j-lock shackles can pass through the '''swallow''' of a modern genoa track even with a sheet in tension already there, and this is very useful when preparing a sail change on the same tack. }}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012| title=Practical Knots and Ropework |author=Percy W. Blandford | page=350| passage=Blocks are made in a great variety of patterns. All are designed to be used one way. The rope goes through the '''swallow'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012| title=Practical Junk Rig|author=H.G. Hasler; J.K. McLeod | page=171| passage=When specifying blocks, excessive friction is avoided by ensuring (a) that the diameter of the sheave is at least twice the circumference of the rope or six times its diameter (preferably more), and (b) that the ''''swallow'''' of the block is substantially wider than the diameter of the rope, to avoid rubbing against the inside of the cheeks. }}
# {{lb|en|Nigeria}} Any of various [[carbohydrate]]-based [[dish]]es that are swallowed without much [[chew]]ing.

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|swallow hole}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a chasm or abyss}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szakadék}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|çal|f}}, {{t+|kmr|kend|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|avgrunn|m}}, {{t|nb|svelg|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|avgrunn|m}}, {{t|nn|svelg|n}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|swallie}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|meza}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|svalg|n}}
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{{trans-top|amount swallowed}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|sluk}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جَرْعَة|f}}, {{t|ar|شَرْبَة|f}}, {{t|ar|قَمْحَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Bengali: {{t-needed|bn}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|глътка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|engoliment}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|口|tr=kǒu}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hlt|m}}, {{t+|cs|lok|m}}
* Danish: {{t-needed|da}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|slok}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|nielaus}}, {{t+|fi|kulaus}} {{q|of liquid}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gorgée|f}}, {{t+|fr|avalée|f}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schluck|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μπουκιά|f}}
* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|korty}}, {{t+|hu|falat}}, {{t+|hu|nyelés}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Kazakh: {{t-needed|kk}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|qurt|f}}, {{t+|kmr|qurç|f}}, {{t+|kmr|nîç|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|го́лтка|f}}
* Malay: {{t-needed|ms}}
* Malayalam: {{t-needed|ml}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|svelg|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|svelg|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|łyk|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gole|m}}, {{t|pt|engolida|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|глото́к|m}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|swallie}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гу̏тља̄ј|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|gȕtljāj|m}}
* Slovak: {{t-needed|sk}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|meza}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sväljning|c}}
* Tamil: {{t-needed|ta}}
* Telugu: {{t-needed|te}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yudum}}
* Turkmen: {{t-needed|tk}}
* Uzbek: {{t-needed|uz}}
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{{trans-top|carbohydrate-based dish}}
* Hausa: {{t+|ha|tuwō}}
* Igbo: {{t|ig|ilo ihe}}
* Nupe: {{t|nup|ejè bòci}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|oúnjẹ olókèlè}}, {{t|yo|oúnjẹ òkèlè}}, {{t|yo|òkèlè}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|dysphagia}}

===Etymology 2===
{{wikipedia}}
[[Image:Hirundo daurica.jpg|thumb|A red-rumped swallow]]
From {{inh|en|enm|swalwe}}, {{m|enm|swalewe}}, {{m|enm|swalowe}}, from {{inh|en|ang|swealwe}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swalwā}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swalwǭ}}. Cognate with {{cog|da|-}} and {{cog|no|svale}}, {{cog|nl|zwaluw}}, {{cog|de|Schwalbe}}, {{cog|sv|svala}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|bird}} A [[small]], migratory [[bird]] of the {{taxfmt|Hirundinidae|family}} [[family]] with [[long]], pointed, moon-shaped [[wing]]s and a forked [[tail]] which [[feed]]s on the wing by catching [[insect]]s.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|bird of Hirundinidae}} {{l|en|martin}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3
|en|barn swallow
|one swallow does not make a summer
|swallow-tailed
|American cliff swallow|bank swallow|Chilean swallow|chimney swallow|cliff swallow|esculent swallow|red-rumped swallow|river swallow|sea swallow|swallow a bitter pill|swallow dive|swallow tanager|swallow-wort|violet-green swallow|welcome swallow|window swallow|blue swallow|cave swallow|mosque swallow|swallow-tail}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{sense|bird of Hirundinidae}} {{l|en|martlet}} {{qualifier|type of feetless bird in heraldry}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|bird}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|swavel}}, {{t|af|swaeltjie}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|dallëndyshe|f}}
* Algonquin: {{t|alq|tinogkukquas}}
* Apache:
*: Western Apache: {{t|apw|piishi}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|سُنُونُو|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|سنونو|m|tr=sununu}}, {{t|arz|عصفور الجنة|tr=ʕaṣfour eg-gana}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|بو خطيفة|f|tr=bu ḫṭifa|alt=بو خْطيفة}}
* Aramaic:
*: Classical Syriac: {{t|syc|ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ|f}}, {{t|syc|ܩܨܘܡܬܐ|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծիծեռնակ}}
*: Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|ծիծեռն}}, {{t|xcl|ծիծառն}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|alãndurã|f}}, {{t|rup|lãndurã|f}}, {{t|rup|rãndurã|f}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|andarina|f}}, {{t+|ast|golondra|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|qaranquş}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ҡарлуғас}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|enara}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ла́стаўка|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|আবাবিল}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|gwennili|f}}, {{t+|br|gwennel|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ля́стовица|f}}
* Buryat: {{t|bua|хараасгай}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|oreneta|f}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|cholo}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|чӏегӏардиг}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|燕子|tr=yànzi}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|чӗкеҫ}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|gwennel|f}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|qarılğaç}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vlaštovka|f}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|rondaina|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|svale}}, {{t+|da|landsvale}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zwaluw|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|hirundo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|pääsuke}}, {{t|et|pääsulind}} {{qualifier|poetic}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|svala}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pääsky}}
* French: {{t+|fr|hirondelle|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|cisile}}, {{t|fur|sisile}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|andoriña|f}}, {{t+|gl|anduriña|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მერცხალი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schwalbe|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χελιδόνι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|χελιδών|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|סנונית|f|tr=snunit}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|अबाबील|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|fecske}}
* Hunsrik: {{t|hrx|Schwalleb|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|svala}}, {{t+|is|landsvala}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|hirundo}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|pääskö}}, {{t|izh|pääskölintu}}, {{t|izh|pääsky}}, {{t|izh|pääskylintu}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|чӏагарг}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|hirundine}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|fáinleog|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|rondine|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|燕|tr=つばめ, tsubame}}, {{t+|ja|ツバメ|tr=tsubame}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|харада}}
* Kannada: {{t|kn|ಕವಲುತೋಕೆ ಹಕ್ಕಿ}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|қарлығаш}}
* Komi-Zyrian: {{t|kpv|чикыш}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|제비}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|پەڕەسێلکە}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|hacîreşk}}, {{t+|kmr|dûmeqesk}}, {{t+|kmr|hechecik}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|карлыгач}}
* Ladin: {{t|lld|rondola}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|bezdeleiga|f}}, {{t|ltg|arleiga|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|hirundō}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|bezdelīga}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|kregždė|f}}
* Lombard: {{t|lmo|runden|f}}
* Low German:
*: Dutch Low Saxon: {{t|nds-nl|swaalfke}} {{qualifier|Gronings}}
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|Swaalk|f}}, {{t|nds-de|Swöölk|f}}, {{t|nds-de|Swalf|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Schmuebel|f}}, {{t|lb|Schmuewel|f}}, {{t|lb|Schmuelef|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ласто́вица|f}}, {{t|mk|ласто́вичка|f}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|ħuttafa}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠴᡳᠪᡳᠨ|tr=cibin}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|gollan geayee|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|warou}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|вараксим}}, {{t|mhr|варсеҥге}}, {{t|mhr|нургӱльӧ}}
*: Western Mari: {{t|mrj|цӹгӓк}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|хараацай}}
* Nahuatl: {{t+|nah|cuicuitzcatl}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|táshchozhii}}
* Nogai: {{t|nog|карлыгаш}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|héthonde|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|svale|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|svale|f}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|ironda|f}}, {{t+|oc|randoleta|f}}
* Ojibwe: {{t|oj|zhaashaawanibiisi}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|swealwe|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قیرلانغیج}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پرستو|tr=parastu}}, {{t+|fa|چلچله|tr=čelčele}}, {{t+|fa|ابابیل|tr=abâbil}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|jaskółka|f}}, {{t+|pl|dymówka|f}}
* Pontic Greek: {{t|pnt|χ̌ελιδόνιν|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|andorinha|f}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|pitsagoy|m}}, {{t|rom|rindilashka|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|rândunică|f}}, {{t+|ro|lăstun|m}}, {{t+|ro|rândunea|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|randulina|f}}, {{t|rm|hirondella|f}}, {{t|rm|irundeala|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ла́сточка|f}}
* Sami: [[spálfu]], [[suorrespálfu]], [[láhtospálfu]]{{attention|se|Sami is a language group; please label these terms according to the appropriate Sami language}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|mongixedda}}, {{t|sc|arrùndine}}, {{t|sc|arrùndini}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|swalla}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|gòbhlan-gaoithe|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ла̏ставица|f}}, {{t|sh|ла́ста|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|lȁstavica|f}}, {{t+|sh|lásta|f}}
* Shor: {{t|cjs|қарлығаш|tr=qarlığaş}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|rìndina|f}}, {{t|scn|rìnnina|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|lastovička|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|lastovka|f}}, {{t+|sl|lastovica|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|jaskolicka|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|łastojčka|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|golondrina|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mbayuwayu}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|svala}}, {{t+|sv|ladusvala}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|layanglayang}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|фароштурук}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|தகைவிலான்கள்}}
* Tashelhit: {{t|shi|ⵉⴼⵍⵉⵍⵍⵉⵙ|m|tr=iflillis}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|карлыгач}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|นางแอ่น}}, {{t|th|อีแอ่น}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kırlangıç}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|garlawaç}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|ваёбыж}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎒𐎐𐎐𐎚}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ла́стівка|f}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|ابابیل|m|tr=abābīl}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|قارلىغاچ}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|qaldirgʻoch|alt=qaldirg'och}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|sìxiła|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nhạn}}, {{t+|vi|én}}
* Vilamovian: {{t|wym|śwojmła}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|oronde|f}}, {{t+|wa|aronde|f}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|gwennol|f}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|swel}}, {{t+|fy|boereswel}}
* Yámana: {{t|yag|lásix}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|kosom}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=allosww|wallows}}

{{C|en|Foods|Landforms|Swallows}}