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swallow+(noun)

  • 1 swallow

    I 1. ['swoləu] verb
    1) (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.) καταπίνω
    2) (to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest: You'll never get her to swallow that story!) πιστέυω, `χάβω`
    2. noun
    (an act of swallowing.) κατάποση
    - swallow up II ['swoləu] noun
    (a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail.) χελιδόνι

    English-Greek dictionary > swallow

  • 2 migrant

    noun (a person, bird or animal that migrates or has migrated: The swallow is a summer migrant to Britain; ( also adjective) migrant workers.) μετανάστης

    English-Greek dictionary > migrant

  • 3 bolt

    [boult] 1. noun
    1) (a bar to fasten a door etc: We have a bolt as well as a lock on the door.) αμπάρα, μάνταλο
    2) (a round bar of metal, often with a screw thread for a nut: nuts and bolts.) μπουλόνι
    3) (a flash of lightning.) κεραυνός
    4) (a roll (of cloth): a bolt of silk.) τόπι υφάσματος
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten with a bolt: He bolted the door.) αμπαρώνω
    2) (to swallow hastily: The child bolted her food.) χάφτω, καταβροχθίζω
    3) (to go away very fast: The horse bolted in terror.) αφηνιάζω, δραπετεύω
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    - bolt-upright
    - boltupright
    - a bolt from the blue

    English-Greek dictionary > bolt

  • 4 drink

    [driŋk] 1. past tense - drank; verb
    1) (to swallow (a liquid): She drank a pint of water; He drank from a bottle.) πίνω
    2) (to take alcoholic liquids, especially in too great a quantity.) πίνω
    2. noun
    1) ((an act of drinking) a liquid suitable for swallowing: He had/took a drink of water; Lemonade is a refreshing drink.) ποτό
    2) ((a glassful etc of) alcoholic liquor: He likes a drink when he returns home from work; Have we any drink in the house?) π(ι)οτό,ποτά
    •
    - drink to / drink to the health of
    - drink to / drink the health of
    - drink up

    English-Greek dictionary > drink

  • 5 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.) τρώ(γ)ω
    2. noun
    ((in plural) food: Cover all eatables to keep mice away.) φαγώσιμα
    - eat one's words

    English-Greek dictionary > eat

  • 6 gulp

    1. verb
    (to swallow eagerly or in large mouthfuls: He gulped down a sandwich.) χάφτω, κομματιάζω
    2. noun
    1) (a swallowing movement: `There's a ghost out there,' he said with a gulp.) κόμπιασμα
    2) (the amount of food swallowed: a gulp of coffee.) χαψιά, γουλιά

    English-Greek dictionary > gulp

  • 7 swift

    I [swift] adjective
    (fast or quick: a swift horse; Our methods are swift and efficient; a swift-footed animal.) σβέλτος
    - swiftness II [swift] noun
    (a type of bird rather like a swallow.) πετροχελίδονο

    English-Greek dictionary > swift

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