verb / noun
swallow
SWAH-loh/ˈswɑːləʊ/
To pass something down the throat.
The man swallows water, passing it down his esophagus toward his stomach.
Etymology
Swelgan already meant swallowing, imbibing, or absorbing. The modern verb preserves its concrete bodily sense: taking food or drink inward through the throat.
In context
our saliva helps to dissolve certain parts of it when we swallow the food moves into our stomach where additional chemicals are added
More examples
- He swallowed the pill with a glass of water.
- She finishes the juice in one swallow.
- I find his excuse hard to swallow.
Forms
swallow · swallows · swallowed · swallowing