[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swallow \swal"low\, v. t. imp.  p. p. swallowed; p. pr. 
   vb. n. swallowing. oe. swolewen, swolwen, swolhen, as.
   swelgan; akin to d. zwelgen, ohg. swelahan, swelgan, g.
   schwelgen to feast, to revel, icel. svelgia to swallow, sw.
   svaumlja, dan. svaelge. cf. groundsel a plant.
   1. to take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet,
      or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or
      drink.
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            as if i had swallowed snowballs for pills. --shak.
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   2. to draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb --
      usually followed by up. --milton.
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            the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up,
            and their houses.                     --num. xvi.
                                                  32.
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   3. to receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without
      examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
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            though that story . . . be not so readily swallowed.
                                                  --sir t.
                                                  browne.
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   4. to engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
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            homer excels . . . in this, that he swallowed up the
            honor of those who succeeded him.     --pope.
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   5. to occupy; to take up; to employ.
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            the necessary provision of the life swallows the
            greatest part of their time.          --locke.
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   6. to seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
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            corruption swallowed what the liberal hand
            of bounty scattered.                  --thomson.
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   7. to retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.
      "swallowed his vows whole." --shak.
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   8. to put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation;
      as, to swallow an affront or insult.
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   syn: to absorb; imbibe; ingulf; engross; consume. see
        absorb.
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see also:
swallowed swallowing groundsel absorb 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

swallowed
     adj : completely enclosed or swallowed up; "a house engulfed in
           flames"; "the fog-enveloped cliffs"; "a view swallowed
           by night" syn: engulfed, enveloped
see also:
engulfed enveloped 

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