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{
"term": "swallow",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "swallow",
"heSheIt": "swallows"
},
"pastSimple": "swallowed",
"pastParticiple": "swallowed",
"ingForm": "swallowing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make food, drink, etc. go down your throat into your stomach",
"sensetop": "swallow (something)swallow something + adj.",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Always chew food well before swallowing it.",
"contextForm": "swallow (something)"
},
{
"text": "I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow."
},
{
"text": "The pills should be swallowed whole.",
"contextForm": "swallow something + adj."
},
{
"text": "Liquid food may be more easily swallowed."
},
{
"text": "Most snakes swallow their prey whole."
},
{
"text": "She accidentally swallowed a glass bead."
},
{
"text": "She swallowed down her breakfast in a hurry."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hastily", "quickly", "accidentally"],
"phrases": ["swallow something whole"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to move the muscles of your throat as if you were swallowing something, especially because you are nervous",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She **swallowed hard** and told him the bad news."
},
{
"text": "He swallowed back the lump in his throat."
},
{
"text": "She swallowed convulsively, determined not to cry."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["deeply", "hard", "convulsively"],
"phrases": ["have difficulty swallowing", "have trouble swallowing"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to take somebody/something in or completely cover them/it so that they/it cannot be seen or exist separately any longer",
"sensetop": "swallow somebody/somethingswallow somebody/something up",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I watched her walk down the road until she was swallowed by the darkness.",
"contextForm": "swallow somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Large areas of countryside have been swallowed up by towns.",
"contextForm": "swallow somebody/something up"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to use up something completely, especially an amount of money",
"sensetop": "swallow somebody/something (up)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most of my salary gets swallowed (up) by the rent and bills."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to accept that something is true; to believe something",
"sensetop": "swallow somethingswallow something + adj.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I found her excuse very **hard to swallow**.",
"contextForm": "swallow something"
},
{
"text": "He told her a pack of lies, but she **swallowed it whole**.",
"contextForm": "swallow something + adj."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to hide your feelings",
"sensetop": "swallow something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to swallow your doubts"
},
{
"text": "You're going to have to **swallow your pride** and ask for your job back."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to accept offensive remarks, criticisms, etc. without complaining or protesting",
"sensetop": "swallow something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was surprised that he just sat there and swallowed all their remarks."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a fact or an event that is unpleasant and difficult to accept",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The election defeat was a bitter pill for the party to swallow."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very pleased with yourself",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She looked like the cat that’s swallowed the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɒləʊ/",
"audio": "sw/swallow/swallow__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɒləʊz/",
"audio": "sw/swallow/swallows__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɒləʊd/",
"audio": "sw/swallow/swallowed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɒləʊɪŋ/",
"audio": "sw/swallow/swallowing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːləʊ/",
"audio": "sw/swallow/swallow__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːləʊz/",
"audio": "sw/swallow/swallows__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːləʊd/",
"audio": "sw/swallow/swallowed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːləʊɪŋ/",
"audio": "sw/swallow/swallowing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb Old English swelgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwelgen and German schwelgen."
}