The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - swallow v.

1) eat, consume, devour, ingest, dispatch or despatch; drink, gulp, guzzle, down, Colloq put or pack away, swig, swill: Snakes swallow their prey whole. The amount that man can swallow at one meal is incredible. 2) accept, allow, credit, believe, take, Colloq buy, fall for: She swallowed that tale about an aeroplane hook, line, and sinker. 3) Often, swallow up. absorb, make disappear, engulf, consume, assimilate: The fugitive was swallowed up by the crowd. 4) Sometimes, swallow back. keep or choke back or down, repress, suppress, control, stifle, smother, overcome, conquer: Harriet swallowed back the tears. Try swallowing your pride just this once. --n. 5) bite, nibble, morsel, mouthful; drink, gulp, guzzle, Colloq swig: Have a swallow of this to warm you up a little.