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to swallow an insult

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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

  • insult — n. 1) to fling, hurl an insult at 2) to swallow, take an insult 3) to avenge an insult 4) a gratuitous; imaginary; nasty, vicious insult 5) an insult to (an insult to smb. s intelligence) 6) (misc.) a stream of insults; to add insult to injury *… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • swallow — swallow1 swallowable, adj. swallower, n. /swol oh/, v.t. 1. to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances. 2. to take in so as to envelop; withdraw from… …   Universalium

  • swallow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English swalowe, from Old English swealwe; akin to Old High German swalawa swallow Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous small widely distributed oscine birds (family Hirundinidae, the swallow family) that have a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • swallow — Synonyms and related words: abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, antelope, arrow, assent, assimilate, back down, back out, backwater, be a sucker, be agreeable, be… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • swallow — I. /ˈswɒloʊ / (say swoloh) verb (t) 1. to take into the stomach through the throat or gullet (oesophagus), as food, drink, or other substances. 2. Colloquial to accept without question or suspicion. 3. to accept without opposition; put up with:… …  

  • 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

  • pocket an insult — swallow an insult, accept an insult without reacting …   English contemporary dictionary

  • take — Synonyms and related words: OD, abduct, abide, absorb, abstract, accede, accede to, accept, accommodate, accompany, account as, accroach, acknowledge, acquire, act, admit, adopt, advocate, affect, agree to, allow for, allure, and, annex,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • digest — Synonyms and related words: Code Napoleon, Napoleonic code, abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviature, abide, ablate, abrege, abridge, abridgement, abridgment, absorb, abstract, accept, adsorb, alphabetize, analyze, appreciate, apprehend,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • eat — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, deplete, devour, diet, digest, disregard, dissolve, down, drain, drain of resources, drink, eat away, eat… …   Moby Thesaurus

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