Meaning

8 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

    schlucken, verschlucken

    глота́тьglotátʹ, проглоти́тьproglotítʹ, глотну́тьglotnútʹ

    ковта́тиkovtáty, глита́тиhlytáty

  2. (transitive)To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

  3. (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.

    My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.

  4. (transitive)To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

    schlucken, akzeptieren

    believe or accept without questioning or challenge

  5. (intransitive)To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

  6. (transitive)To retract; to recant.

    to swallow one's opinions

  7. (transitive)To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

    to swallow an affront or insult

    schlucken, abfinden mit, hinnehmem

  8. (euphemistic, slang, vulgar)To swallow semen after oral sex, as opposed to spitting it out.

Examples

340 sentences

  1. My throat hurts when I swallow.

    Коли я ковтаю, в мене болить горло.

    ruУ меня болит горло, когда я глотаю.

    deMir tut beim Schlucken der Hals weh.

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  2. Tom has swallowed it.

    Том його проковтнув.

    ruТом его проглотил.

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  3. I swallowed a bug.

    Я проковтнув жука.

    ruЯ букашку проглотил.

    deIch habe einen Käfer verschluckt!

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  4. I'm not swallowing that.

    Я цього не ковтатиму.

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  5. I swallowed the pill.

    Я проковтнув таблетку.

    ruЯ проглотил таблетку.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:
Русский
By meaning 1
to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:
to take in, to consume:
to believe or accept:
to put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation:

Origin

From Middle English swolwen, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan,

From Middle English swolwen, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą (“to swallow, revel, devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *swelk- (“to gulp”). Cognate with Dutch zwelgen (“to revel, carouse, guzzle”), German schwelgen (“to delight, indulge”), Danish svælge (“to swallow”), Norwegian Bokmål svelge (“to swallow”), Norwegian Nynorsk svelgje (“to swallow”), Swedish svälja (“to swallow, gulp”), Faroese svølgja (“to swallow”), Icelandic svelgja (“to swallow”), Old English swillan, swilian (“to swill, wash out, gargle”). See also swill.

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Forms

swallows, swallowing, swallowed, swallowed
Base formswallow · to swallow
3rd person singularswallows
Present participleswallowing
Past simpleswallowed
Past participleswallowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswallow
he, she, itswallows

Past simpleLesson

all personsswallowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swallowed
he, she, ithas swallowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swallow

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

67 synonyms
consumeB1eatA1gulpB2absorbB1engulfB2assimilateC2corporateB2integrateB2buyA1creditA2occupyB1recallB1withdrawB2endureB1
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words
Derivedforswallowmisswallowpreswallowreswallowswallowabilityswallowableswallow downswallowerswallow upswallow wholeunswallowunswallowedupswallow

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swagswaggerswampswampyswanB2
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