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swal·low1 [ˈswɒləʊ] SUBST

swallow

I . swal·low2 [ˈswɒləʊ] SUBST

1. swallow (action):

swallow

2. swallow (quantity):

swallow

II . swal·low2 [ˈswɒləʊ] VERB trans

1. swallow:

swallow (eat)
swallow (greedily)

2. swallow usu passive WIRTSCH übtr (take over):

swallow

3. swallow übtr (engulf):

to swallow [up] ⇄ sb/sth

4. swallow übtr (use up):

to swallow [up] ⇄ sth

5. swallow übtr ugs (believe unquestioningly):

swallow
swallow

III . swal·low2 [ˈswɒləʊ] VERB intr

swallow
swallow

swallow down VERB trans to swallow down ⇄ sth

swallow
swallow
swallow (gulp down)

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch
These fused bundles of several thousand large cilia are able to bite off pieces of prey that are too large to swallow whole almost always other ctenophores.
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The cost of living in a care home is likely to swallow up half the value of a family house, say researchers.
www.dailymail.co.uk
All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.
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It has a slow buoyant flight compared to barn swallow.
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Once the prey in stuck onto the line, the cave worms uses its mouth to haul up the fishing line and swallow the insect.
www.themarshalltown.com
Accountants would find this business model hard to swallow.
www.todayfm.com
For a time he wore large rimless glasses that seemed to swallow his eyes.
www.wired.com
If the blood glucose falls too low a person can become disoriented and unable to swallow.
en.wikipedia.org
When the mountains finally dissolve in the seas, the volumes of seawater will brim over and the resulting tidal wave will swallow up cities and communities along the coastline.
www.ghanaweb.com
But it is not this big to swallow up mammals such as tree shrews or rats.
news.bbc.co.uk

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