Meaning

6 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

    He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.

    Schluck

    глото́кglotók

    the act of swallowing

  2. (countable, uncountable)The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.

  3. (Nigeria, countable, uncountable)Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing, commonly paired and eaten with various types of soup.

  4. A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

    Schwalbe

    ла́сточкаlástočka

    ла́стівкаlástivka

  5. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

  6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.

Examples

340 sentences

  1. My throat hurts when I swallow.

    Коли я ковтаю, в мене болить горло. — deniko

    ruУ меня болит горло, когда я глотаю. — marafon

    deMir tut beim Schlucken der Hals weh. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom has swallowed it.

    Том його проковтнув. — deniko

    ruТом его проглотил. — odexed

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  3. I swallowed a bug.

    Я проковтнув жука. — deniko

    ruЯ букашку проглотил. — marafon

    deIch habe einen Käfer verschluckt! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I'm not swallowing that.

    Я цього не ковтатиму. — deniko

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  5. I swallowed the pill.

    Я проковтнув таблетку. — deniko

    ruЯ проглотил таблетку. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bird:
Русский
By meaning 2
amount swallowed:
bird:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
amount swallowed:
bird:

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.

From Middle English swalwe, swalewe, swalowe, from Old English swealwe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ. Cognate with Norwegian and Danish svale, Dutch zwaluw, German Schwalbe, Swedish svala.

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Forms

plural: swallows
Singularswallow
Pluralswallows

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
bird of Hirundinidae:martin
Close in meaning

Word family

32 related words
Relateddysphagiamartlet
Derivedmidswallowswallow holebank swallowbarn swallowblue swallowbridge swallowcave swallowchimney swallowcliff swallowesculent swallowfairy swallowgreen swallowgrundy-swallowmosque swallowred-rumped swallowriver swallowrough-winged swallowsea swallowswallow diveswallowlikeswallowlingswallowtailswallowtailedswallow tanager

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

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