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1 swallow
I 1. ['swoləu] verb1) (to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach: Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.) kyngja2) (to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest: You'll never get her to swallow that story!) gleypa við2. noun(an act of swallowing.) kynging, gleyping- swallow up II ['swoləu] noun(a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail.) svala -
2 swallow up
(to cause to disappear completely: She was swallowed up in the crowd.) umlykja, gleypa -
3 swallow one's pride
(to behave humbly eg by making an apology.) kyngja stoltinu, biðjast afsökunar -
4 bolt
[boult] 1. noun1) (a bar to fasten a door etc: We have a bolt as well as a lock on the door.) hurðar-/renniloka2) (a round bar of metal, often with a screw thread for a nut: nuts and bolts.) (ró)bolti3) (a flash of lightning.) elding4) (a roll (of cloth): a bolt of silk.) strangi2. verb1) (to fasten with a bolt: He bolted the door.) skjóta loku fyrir, loka2) (to swallow hastily: The child bolted her food.) háma í sig3) (to go away very fast: The horse bolted in terror.) skjótast•- bolt-upright- boltupright
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5 drink
[driŋk] 1. past tense - drank; verb1) (to swallow (a liquid): She drank a pint of water; He drank from a bottle.) drekka2) (to take alcoholic liquids, especially in too great a quantity.) drekka2. noun1) ((an act of drinking) a liquid suitable for swallowing: He had/took a drink of water; Lemonade is a refreshing drink.) drykkur2) ((a glassful etc of) alcoholic liquor: He likes a drink when he returns home from work; Have we any drink in the house?) drykkur; glas af áfengi•- drink in- drink to / drink to the health of
- drink to / drink the health of
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6 eat
[i:t] 1. past tense - ate; verb(to (chew and) swallow; to take food: They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live.) borða- eatable2. noun((in plural) food: Cover all eatables to keep mice away.) matvæli- eat into- eat one's words -
7 engulf
((of waves, flames etc) to swallow up completely: Flames engulfed him.) gleypa, færa í kaf -
8 gobble
['ɡobl]1) (to swallow food etc quickly: You'll be sick if you keep gobbling your meals like that.) háma í sig2) ((of turkeys) to make a noise in the throat: We could hear the turkeys gobbling in the farmyard.) klaka -
9 gulp
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10 migrant
noun (a person, bird or animal that migrates or has migrated: The swallow is a summer migrant to Britain; ( also adjective) migrant workers.) flökku-, farand-, far- -
11 swift
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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. sv[ a]lja, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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swallow — swallow1 [swä′lō] n. [ME swalwe < OE swealwe, akin to Ger schwalbe, ON svala, swallow, & prob. Russ solovyej, Czech slavík, nightingale] 1. any of a family (Hirundinidae) of small, swift flying, insect eating passerine birds with long, pointed … English World dictionary
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Swallow — Swal low, v. i. To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swallow — [v1] consume absorb, belt*, bolt*, chugalug*, devour, dispatch, dispose, down, drink, drop, eat, gobble, gulp, imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, put away, quaff, sip, slurp, swig, swill, take, toss, wash down*, wolf; concept 169 Ant. expel,… … New thesaurus
swallow — index consume, endure (suffer), tolerate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
