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(n)
(physiology) The act or process of swallowing.
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(v)
To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
(ambitransitive) To consume completely.
(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
To eat supper.
(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
(intransitive) To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.
(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
To withdraw, retract (something said).
(transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
(transitive) To completely engage the attention of; to involve.
(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
(ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
The act of ingesting food.
(transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
A large gulp of drink.
(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
(intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
(transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.
Primarily physical senses.
(transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
(adj)
(often in combination) Having a tail.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
(biology, intransitive) To undergo metabolism.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.
(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
A male given name, equivalent to English John.
(N)
a fibreglass cruising catamaran, in length, with a beam of , and in its standard configuration has 4 or 5 berths.
(adv)
(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
(formal) To take part in an activity; to participate. [with in]
To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
(transitive) To eat.
(countable) Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
(slang, uncountable) Food, especially snacks.
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
To swallow greedily or in large amounts.
(obsolete, transitive) To draw in, swallow or absorb.
Senses relating to giving some quality or thing.
(obsolete) To take in; to absorb.
To disgorge or vomit.
To swallow again.
Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
(transitive) To absorb (liquid).
Dated form of endue. [Senses relating to covering or putting on.]
(transitive) To possess, own.
The quantity taken in.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
(transitive) To begin.
(transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.
(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
(transitive) To receive.
(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
(idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
A taking on; that which is taken on; acquisition.
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
(archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.
(transitive) To draw in as breath; inhale; inspire.
A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
(transitive) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
(chiefly figurative) A state of boiling or frothing; ebullition, seething; hence, extreme heat; much activity.
(transitive) To inbreathe; to breathe in.
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To taste or eat.
(pathology) Any undesirable substance or group of cells that has made its way into part of the body.
To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
(informal, transitive) To consume (eat or drink).
(transitive) To ingest by pinocytosis.
(ambitransitive) To inhale.
(transitive) To ingest again.