Swallow

1. n. The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
2. n. Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.
3. n. Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
4. v. t. To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
5. v. t. To engross; to appropriate; — usually with up.
6. v. t. To occupy; to take up; to employ.
7. v. t. To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
8. v. t. To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one’s opinions.
9. v. t. To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
10. v. i. To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.
11. 1n. 1 The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
12. 1n. 1 Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.