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

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swallow

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Source Word

swallow

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈswɒl.əʊ/

Verb

transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

食べ物や飲み物などを口から喉を通して胃に送る、つまり飲み込むこと。

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Please swallow the pill with a glass of water.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その錠剤をコップ一杯の水で飲み込んでください。

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Sense（1）

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.

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Sense（2）

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

The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time.

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Sense（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.