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单词 swallow
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swallown.1

Brit. /ˈswɒləʊ/, U.S. /ˈswɑloʊ/
Forms: Old English s(u)ualu(u)ae, swealwe, swalowe, swaluwe, swalawe, Old English, Middle English swalewe, swalwe, swolwe, Middle English swalugh, swalu, Middle English–1500s swalow(e, Middle English swalue, sualowe, Middle English–1600s swallowe, 1500s– swallow.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic (not recorded for Gothic): Old English swealwe weak feminine = Old Saxon suala, Middle Low German swalewe, swalue, Middle Dutch swâluwe, -ewe (Dutch zwaluw), Old High German swalawa, swalwa (Middle High German swal(e)we, German schwalbe), Old Norse svala for *svǫlva (Middle Swedish, Swedish svala, Danish svale) < Germanic *swalwōn-, the etymological meaning of which is disputed. Continental Germanic dialects have also forms of other types: without w in the final syllable, e.g. Middle High German swal, swale, Middle Low German swale, West Frisian sweal, swel; with m-suffix, e.g. High German (local) schwalm, schwalme, Flemish swaelem; forms with diminutive suffix are widespread in Low German and Frisian, e.g. Middle Low German swalike, swal(e)ke, Low German swaalke, Flemish swalcke (Kilian), East Frisian, North Frisian swâlk, West Frisian swealtsje, sweltsje.
1.
a. A bird of the genus Hirundo, esp. H. rustica, a well-known migratory bird with long pointed wings and forked tail, having a swift curving flight and a twittering cry, building mud-nests on buildings, etc., and popularly regarded as a harbinger of summer (cf. 1c).
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the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > deep place or part
swallowa700
deepnessa1000
deepOE
swallowa1100
depth1382
gulfc1400
profound?a1425
abysm?1614
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun]
swallowa700
weelc897
suckc1220
swallowinga1387
swelthc1400
swirlc1425
gorce1480
vorage1490
whirlpool1530
gourd1538
gulf1538
poolc1540
hurlpool1552
whirlpit1564
sea-gulf1571
maelstrom1588
vorago1654
well1654
gurges1664
gurge1667
swelchiea1688
vortex1704
tourbillion1712
whirly-pool1727
wheel-pit1828
sea-puss1839
turn-hole1851
suck-hole1909
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > abyss
swallowa700
deepnessa1000
deep1393
abysmc1475
dungeonc1475
depth1523
gulfa1533
downfall1542
hell-kettle1577
abysmus1611
vorago1654
under-abyss1662
purgatory1766
fosse1805
jaw-hole1840
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Hirundo
swallowa700
rainbird1817
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Hirundo > hirundo rustica (swallow)
swallowa700
Prognea1425
house swallow1572
hirondelle?1590
chimney-swallow1775
barn-swallow1851
a700 Epinal Gloss. 498 Hirundo, sualuuae.
c950 Prose Life Guthlac (1909) x. 143 Þa comon þær sæmninga in twa swalewan fleogan, and hi..heora sang upahofon.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 156 Genim swealwan, gebærn..to ahsan.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 44 Genim swolwan nest.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1366 A swalu ich herd sing.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 64 The swalwe Proigne, with a sorwful lay,..gan make hir weymentinge.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxii. (Bodl.) lf. 122 b/1 In making of nestes þe swalowe is moste sliȝe.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour lxxx. 102 The dunge of swalues fell into the eyen of this good man Tobie.
a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. B.iiv The chattrynge swallow.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 11 The Swallow peepes out of her nest.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 119 Daffadils, That come before the Swallow dares. View more context for this quotation
1751 T. Gray Elegy v. 6 The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed.
1820 J. Keats To Autumn iii, in Lamia & Other Poems 139 The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
1876–82 Newton Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Birds II. 345 The migrations of the Swallow are in a direction nearly due north and south.
b. In allusions to the swift flight of the bird.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly > typically
wind1377
swallowc1380
quicksilver1562
shoes of swiftness1787
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4232 Þat noble stede, þat al so swyftlyche þanne ȝede, So swolwe doþ on flyȝt.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 3775 He takes Bulcyphal by þe side, So a swalewe he gynneþ forþ glide.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) x. 258 Bayarde went not the lityll pase, but went lyke a sualowe.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. ii. 23 True hope is swift, and flies with Swallowes wings. View more context for this quotation
c. Prov. one swallow does not make a summer (and allusions to it).Cf. Greek μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ.
ΚΠ
1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. D.i It is not one swalowe that bryngeth in somer. It is not one good qualitie that maketh a man good.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiii One swalow maketh not sommer (saied I) men saie.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxx He well remembred that one faire day assureth not a good Sommer, nor one fliyng Swalow prognosticateth not a good yere.
1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist, sig. A2v I would preferre, diuine Master Spencer... Neither is he, the only swallow of our summer.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 43 Lest I should seeme by one Swallow to make Summer,..the men of Herefordshire can witnes, that such examples are not rare in England.
1636 W. Prynne Remonstr. against Shipmoney 18 Since in such Taxes commonly, one Swallow makes a kinde of Sommer.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. v. 143 Raleigh..disowning..that one day's fair reception made a favourite, any more than one swallow a summer.
d. elliptical for swallow dive n. at Compounds 2b below.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > diving into water > specific manner
belly flop1895
belly flopper1895
swallow dive1898
swallow-diving1898
swan dive1898
swallow1902
cannonball1905
jackknife1906
honeypot1941
belly-flopping1948
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 121/2 The ‘swallow’ is one of the most thrilling dives.
1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird xi. 148 Sergeant Trotter himself nipped up the diving-board and executed a swallow and somersault.
e. transferred. A woman employed by the Soviet intelligence service, who seduces men for the purposes of espionage. slang.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > seductive female
Mata Hari1925
swallow1972
1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play ix. 69 You have doubtless read about the..‘swallows’ of the KGB, the young ladies trained..to bed down intelligence targets, so that they can be comfortably and conveniently bugged and photographed in compromising..positions?
1976 ‘M. Barak’ Secret List Heinrich Roehm xii. 130 I need a swallow in America. One..who is sexually skilled and expert in obtaining information.
1979 P. Way Sunrise i. 15 Had she been working for the KGB, Joanna would have been..called a ‘swallow’. In the CIA she would have been a ‘honeypot’.
2. In extended sense, any bird of the swallow kind, or of the family Hirundinidæ, e.g. a martin; often misapplied to (and in earlier scientific use including) the swifts, now reckoned as a distinct and unrelated family ( Cypselidæ).In Old English, stæþswealwe, lit. shore-swallow, meant ‘sand-martin’. Also, heoruswealwe, lit. sword-swallow, occurs in poetry for ‘hawk’.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae
swift1668
martin1678
swallow1761
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae
swallow1761
1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 464 There are four distinct species of birds, that go under the general name swallow; viz. the swift or black martin; 2. the swallow, that builds in chimneys; 3. the martin, that builds against houses; 4. the sand martin, that builds in sand-banks.
1792–5 J. Aikin & A. L. Barbauld Evenings at Home II. 20 The Martins and other swallows.
1867 T. R. Jones Nat. Hist. Birds (1872) 51 The extensive race of Swallows and Swifts.
1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 47/2 The Hirundinidæ or Swallows.
3.
†a. = sea-swallow n. 1.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Exocoetidae (flying fish)
flying fish?c1510
rearmouse1598
sea-swallow1598
sea-kite1601
swallow-fish1601
sea-bat1611
swallow1668
sea-hawka1717
wing-fish1855
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)
flying fish?c1510
sea-swallow1598
sea-kite1601
swallow-fish1601
sea-bat1611
swallow1668
sea-hawka1717
batfish1848
wing-fish1855
flying gurnard1882
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 138 Hirundo..the Swallow, or Great headed Flying Fish.
b. Collector's name for a species of moth: see quot. 1832.
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1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 34 The Swallow (Leiocampa dictæa) appears the beginning of June and August.
c. A variety of domestic pigeon: see quot. 1854.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types
porcelainc1530
turn-pate1611
light horseman1661
runt1661
smiter1668
helmet1676
mammet1678
Cortbeck1688
turbit1688
turner1688
dragoon1725
finicking1725
Leghorn1725
nun1725
owl1725
petit1725
trumpeter1725
horseman1735
Mahomet1735
barbel1736
turn-tail1736
frill-back1765
blue rock1825
beard1826
ice pigeon1829
toy1831
black1839
skinnum1839
splash1851
whole-feather1851
spangle1854
swallow1854
shield1855
stork pigeon1855
Swabian1855
yellow1855
archangel1867
dragon1867
starling1867
magpie1868
smerle1869
bluette1870
cumulet1876
oriental1876
spot fairy1876
turbiteen1876
blondinette1879
hyacinth1879
Modena pigeon1879
silver-dun1879
silverette1879
silver-mealy1879
swift pigeon1879
Victoria1879
visor1879
ice1881
swallow pigeon1881
velvet fairy1881
priesta1889
frill1890
1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 288 Swallow, distinguished by its ‘plunging or sailing in the air, when flying’.
1879 L. Wright Pract. Pigeon Keeper 205 Swallows are very pretty and striking birds.

Compounds

C1. With qualifying words, applied to various species of Hirundinidæ or Cypselidæ; also to birds of other families resembling swallows: as bank swallow n. at bank n.1 Compounds 2, barn-swallow n. at barn n. Compounds 2, carr swallow n. at carr n.2 Compounds, chimney-swallow n. at chimney n. Compounds 2, house swallow n. at house n.1 and int. Compounds 9, sea-swallow n.Several other species are named in Latham's Gen. Synopsis Birds, 1783, and other ornithological works, Morris's Austral English, 1898, etc.
cliff swallow n. one of several species of the genus Petrochelidon, nesting in cliffs.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Petrochelidan > species Pyrrhonota (cliff swallow)
republican swallow1824
mud swallow1868
cliff swallow1870
mud-dauber1899
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 18 The cliff-swallow..has come and gone.
esculent swallow n. a name for the swifts of the genus Collocalia, which construct the ‘edible bird's nests’ of which soup is made in China.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > member of genus Collocalia
esculent swallow1783
salangane1793
swiftlet1892
1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 578 Esculent Sw[allow]..the nest..is composed of such materials as not only to be edible, but accounted as one of the greatest dainties of the Asiatic epicures.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 400 The Esculent Swallow is said to be less in size than the Wren.
tree swallow n. (a) an Australian swallow of the genus Hylochelidon, which lays in holes in trees; (b) the North American white-bellied or white-breasted swallow, Tachycineta (Iridoprocne) bicolor, which nests in trees.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Tachycineata
violet-green swallow1858
wood swallow1869
tree swallow1873
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Petrochelidan > other types of
fairy martin1842
tree swallow1873
1873 Buller Birds New Zealand 141 Hylochelidon nigricans. (Australian Tree-swallow.)
† water swallow n. Obsolete ? a water-wagtail.
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1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Cinclos..the byrde called a water swallow, not muche bigger than a larke. Eras. saith..that it is a certaine byrd, so weake and feeble, that she can not make hir owne nest, and so laieth hir egges in other byrdes nestes.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 108 Cinclus..the long~bill'd wagtail, and Half Snipe, aliis Water-Swallow.
window swallow n. the house-martin, Chelidon urbica.
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1808 T. Forster Observ. Brumal Retreat Swallow 31 House Martin, Martinet, Martlet, or Window Swallow.
1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 502 Swallow,..a genus of perchers..of which we have three species natives: the Bank, the Chimney, and the Window, Swallow.
wood swallow n. (a) = swallow-shrike n. at Compounds 2b; (b) = tree swallow n. (b).
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Artamidae (wood swallow)
butcherbird1827
wood swallow1869
swallow-flycatcher1885
swallow-shrike1887
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Tachycineata
violet-green swallow1858
wood swallow1869
tree swallow1873
1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. 338 The curious wood-swallows (Artami), which closely resemble swallows in their habits and flight..twitter from the tree-tops.
1887 [see swallow-shrike n. at Compounds 2b].
1889 C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals 28 I shot a young cuckoo..which was fed by four wood-swallows, (Artamus sordidus).
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 774/1 The white-breasted or wood-swallow..is called tree-swallow in some regions, because it nests in hollow trees.
C2.
a. General attributive. See also swallowtail n., etc.
(a)
swallow-box n.
ΚΠ
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 291/2 A kind of low footed Stool, or Cricket..with a ledge or border of Board nailed about the top of it, after the manner of a Swallow Box.
swallow family n.
ΚΠ
1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. Hirundinidæ, the Swallow family.
swallow-flight n. also figurative
ΚΠ
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlvii. 70 She..loosens from the lip Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away. View more context for this quotation
1883 J. Payn Thicker than Water xxii After several swallow-flights of talk.
swallow kind n.
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1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 104 Some Swifts, the Gyants of the Swallow kind.
1773 G. White Let. 9 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 100 All the swallow kind sip their water as they sweep over the face of pools or rivers.
swallow people n.
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1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 164 Warn'd of approaching winter, gather'd, play The swallow-people.
swallow tribe n.
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1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 248 Concerning the manner the swallow tribes dispose of themselves after their disappearance from the countries in which they make their summer residence.
1867 T. R. Jones Nat. Hist. Birds (1872) 58 The swallow tribes manifest a decided predilection for the neighbourhood of water.
(b)
swallow-throated adj.
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1879 L. Wright Pract. Pigeon Keeper 148 If there be white in it or above it under the throat at all, the bird has the fault of being ‘swallow-throated’.
(c)
swallow-like adj. and adv.
ΚΠ
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 70 Furth she quicklye galops, with wingflight swallolyke hastning.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 62 Armd with Arrows..Swift Swallow-like.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 272/1 The Swallow-like Campylopterians [humming-birds].
1896 ‘I. Maclaren’ Kate Carnegie 209 Old Sandie Ferguson..whose arrival, swallowlike, heralded the approach of the great occasion.
b.
† swallow-bird n. (also swallow-bridde) Obsolete a young swallow.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Hirundo > hirundo rustica (swallow) > young
swallow-birda1325
swallowling1839
a1325 Prose Psalter 180 Y shal alway crye mercy as a swolwe-bridde.
swallow-chatterer n. the waxwing.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ptilogonatidae > genus Bombycilla (waxwing)
chatterer1731
waxwing1817
swallow-chatterer1837
1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. iii. vi. 71 Bombycillinæ, or swallow chatterers.
swallow-day n. the day on which the swallows arrive, or are reputed to arrive.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Hirundo > hirundo rustica (swallow) > day of arrival
swallow-day1808
1808 T. Forster Circle of Seasons 15 Apr. Swallow Day.
swallow-dive v. (intransitive) .
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > dive into water > specific manner
swan-dive1912
cannonball1951
swallow-dive1971
1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird xi. 148 Sergeant Trotter, reappearing at the top of the diving-board, swallow-dived efficiently.
swallow dive n. a forward dive in which the arms are extended sideways, to simulate the outline of a swallow, until just before entry into the water; also figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > diving into water > specific manner
belly flop1895
belly flopper1895
swallow dive1898
swallow-diving1898
swan dive1898
swallow1902
cannonball1905
jackknife1906
honeypot1941
belly-flopping1948
1898 Swimming Mag. Oct. 46/1 To Englishmen the term ‘swallow’ dive, not ‘swan’, would best convey the notion of this idealistic manner of reaching the water.
1976 ‘A. Hall’ Kobra Manifesto xvi. 215 Sassine had come off his high in a swallow dive.
swallow-diving n.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > diving into water > specific manner
belly flop1895
belly flopper1895
swallow dive1898
swallow-diving1898
swan dive1898
swallow1902
cannonball1905
jackknife1906
honeypot1941
belly-flopping1948
1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 426/1 The most graceful is that termed ‘swallow-diving’, the body being shot out from the board [etc.].
swallow-fish n. †(a) the flying-fish (= sea-swallow n. 1); (b) the sapphirine gurnard, Trigla hirundo (Cent. Dict.).
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Exocoetidae (flying fish)
flying fish?c1510
rearmouse1598
sea-swallow1598
sea-kite1601
swallow-fish1601
sea-bat1611
swallow1668
sea-hawka1717
wing-fish1855
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)
flying fish?c1510
sea-swallow1598
sea-kite1601
swallow-fish1601
sea-bat1611
swallow1668
sea-hawka1717
batfish1848
wing-fish1855
flying gurnard1882
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. xi. 452 The sea Swallow fish.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 234 Swallow-fish..hath hard flesh and therefore hardly concocted.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. iii. 116 The Swallow-Fish. So called from the length of his Gill-Fins, which reach to the end of his Tail, like a pair of very long Wings.
swallow-fly n. †(a) some unidentified swift-flying insect; (b) a parasitic fly which infests swallows.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by movement > that flies
blackflyc1475
swallow-fly1668
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > group Pupipara or Nymphipara > family Hippoboscidae > ornithomyia hirundinis
swallow-fly1818
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 43 Chelidon (quia volatu post se omnes relinquit) the Swallow-fly.
1818 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 3) I. iv. 112 The swallow-fly (Ornithomyia Hirundinis..L.)..has been known to make its repast on the human species.
swallow-flycatcher n. = swallow-shrike n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Artamidae (wood swallow)
butcherbird1827
wood swallow1869
swallow-flycatcher1885
swallow-shrike1887
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 38/1 Swallow-Flycatchers (Artamus).
† swallow-footed adj. Obsolete swift-footed, running swiftly as a swallow flies.
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the world > animals > by locomotion > [adjective] > adapted for running > moving swiftly
swallow-footed1636
1636 W. Denny in Ann. Dubrensia sig. Cv The Swallow-footed Grey-hound.
swallow fork n. originally North American a forked cut used in marking cattle or sheep on the ear (see quot. 1966).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > branding or marking > ear-mark
earmarka1500
swallow fork1636
crop1653
halfpenny1658
gad1666
underkeel1677
lug-mark1802
underbit1837
sleepering1910
1636 in W. T. Davis et al. Rec. Town of Plymouth (Mass.) (1889) I. 1 Every mans marke of his Cattle... Christopher Waddesworth a swallow forke.
1805 Cabarrus (N. Carolina) Quarter Sessions 22 Oct. The mark of his cattle, sheep, and hogs is a swallowfork in the right ear.
1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 126/1 An overslope and a slit in the right, and a swallow-fork in the left.
1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 16 Swallow fork, two slits run together to form a W or an M.
swallow-fork v. (transitive) to cut a swallow fork in (the ear).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > brand or mark > ear-mark
crop1578
earmarka1642
sleeper1910
swallow-fork1934
1934 Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs xvi. 409 They cropped and swallow-forked his ears.
swallow-forked adj. shaped so as to cut a swallow fork.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > branded or marked > ear-marked > shape of ear-markers
swallow-forked1972
1972 P. Newton Sheep Thief xvi. 134 It was a pair of swallow-forked ear~markers.
swallow-hawk n. (a) the black-winged kite, Elanus melanopterus; (b) the swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > kites > elanus caeruleus
black-winged kite1839
swallow-hawk1858
elanet1880
1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. at Milvinæ The black winged swallow-hawk..lives principally upon insects which it catches upon the wing.
† swallow herb n. (also swallow's herb) Obsolete = swallowwort n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > greater celandine
celidonyc1000
celandinea1350
tetterworta1400
saladinec1430
swallow herb1578
swallowwort1578
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 32 The great Celandyne is named in Greeke χελιδονιον, that is to say, Swallow-herbe.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (Herbs) Swallowes hearbe, swaluw-kruydt.
swallow-kite n. the swallow-tailed kite.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > kites > elanoides forficatus
swallow-tailed falcon1678
swallow-tailed hawk1678
swallow-kite1837
swallow-tailed kite1843
1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 47 Nauclerus. Swallow-kite.
swallow pigeon n. = sense 3c.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types
porcelainc1530
turn-pate1611
light horseman1661
runt1661
smiter1668
helmet1676
mammet1678
Cortbeck1688
turbit1688
turner1688
dragoon1725
finicking1725
Leghorn1725
nun1725
owl1725
petit1725
trumpeter1725
horseman1735
Mahomet1735
barbel1736
turn-tail1736
frill-back1765
blue rock1825
beard1826
ice pigeon1829
toy1831
black1839
skinnum1839
splash1851
whole-feather1851
spangle1854
swallow1854
shield1855
stork pigeon1855
Swabian1855
yellow1855
archangel1867
dragon1867
starling1867
magpie1868
smerle1869
bluette1870
cumulet1876
oriental1876
spot fairy1876
turbiteen1876
blondinette1879
hyacinth1879
Modena pigeon1879
silver-dun1879
silverette1879
silver-mealy1879
swift pigeon1879
Victoria1879
visor1879
ice1881
swallow pigeon1881
velvet fairy1881
priesta1889
frill1890
1881 J. C. Lyell Fancy Pigeons 85 The swallow pigeon..has its name from its resemblance in marking to the tern or sea swallow.
swallow plover n. any species of pratincole ( Glareola).
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Glareolidae > member of genus Glareola (pratincole)
pratincole1773
swallow plover1840
1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 279/2 The Couriers..are closely united to the Pratincoles, or Swallow-Plovers, forming the genus Glareola.
swallow-shrike n. a bird of the genus Artamus or family Artamidæ, found in India and Australia.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Artamidae (wood swallow)
butcherbird1827
wood swallow1869
swallow-flycatcher1885
swallow-shrike1887
1887 Newton in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 730/2 The Indian and Australian Artamus (the species of which genus are often known as Wood-Swallows, or Swallow-Shrikes).
swallow-smolt n. a variety of speckled trout (see smolt n.1 2).
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > trout (unspecified and miscellaneous) > salmo eriox (bull-trout)
whitlinglOE
scurf1483
sewin1532
sullayne1570
bull-trout1653
shuin1655
sea-trout1745
truff1818
grey fin1839
swallow-smolt1847
1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. 36 The Swallow-Smolt of Tweed.
swallow's nest n. the nest of a swallow; transferred applied to a thing lodged at a height; spec. a battery of guns or company of shot placed on a height (cf. crow's nest n. 1); swallow's-nest fly, a fly that infests swallows' nests; also in swallow's nest soup, a Chinese dish (see bird's nest n. 1).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > battery
battery1555
counter-battery1603
swallow's nest1604
field battery1742
radeau1753
guns en barbette1772
half-moon battery1794
sap battery1810
sunken battery1817
screw battery1848
wool-battery1852
masked battery1861
mountain battery1868
machine-gun battery1882
the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > thing situated at a height
swallow's nest1878
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > other soups
breec1000
mortressc1387
cretone?a1400
mortrelc1400
primrosea1450
water-kale?a1500
white broth?1537
plum broth1614
mutton broth1615
veal brotha1625
nettle-kale?c1625
China-broth1628
bisque1647
beer-broth1648
dilligrout1662
nativity broth1674
sowdyc1700
mandarin broth1701
white soup1708
soup-vermicell1724
soup-meagre1733
burgoo1743
sago-gruel1743
soup maigre1754
vermicelli soup1769
vermicelli1771
noodle soup1779
mock turtle soup1783
pepper-water1783
mulligatawny1784
powsowdie1787
macaroni soup1789
bird's nest soup1806
smiggins1825
garbure1829
pish-pash1834
laksa1846
sancocho1851
ajiaco1856
pepper soup1860
liquorice-soup1864
mock turtle1876
borsch1884
petite marmite1890
whey-brose1894
rassolnik1899
lokshen soup1900
menudo1904
hoosh1905
sinigang1912
waterzooi1915
Cullen Skink1916
swallow's nest soup1920
mizutaki1933
rasam1933
pasta fazool1935
pho1935
pasta fagioli1951
stracciatella1954
solyanka1958
tom yam1960
mannish water1968
pasta e fagioli1968
ribollita1968
tom yam kung1969
1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 166 The besieged shot three peeces at the swalloes nest, and dismounted three of the enemies Canons.
1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swallow's-nest fly, Hippobosca avicularia.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iii. 49 Certain cradles of iron, called swallows' nests, from which the sentinels..could..take deliberate aim.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1130 The edible swallows'-nests of the East.
1878 Mrs. F. D. Bridges Jrnl. Lady's Trav. round World 19 Sept. (1883) i. 13 We are living with 200 monks in a sort of swallows'-nest monastery, perched half-way up the face of a cliff.
1920 E. Sykes & P. Sykes Through Deserts & Oases Central Asia iv. 78 Swallows' nest soup is almost unprocurable nowadays.
1976 Times 14 Feb. 10/4 A real Thai Chinese restaurant..three colours swallow's nest soup..or even plain shark's fin soup.
swallow-stone n. [translating Latin chelidonius lapillus Pliny] a stone fabled to be brought from the sea-shore by swallows to give sight to their young.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical stone
swallow-stone1586
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > fabled stone
swallow-stone1586
1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxxix. 264 The Chalydony, or swallow stone, found in the mawes of young swallowes.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 258 Chelidonius, Swallow-stone.
† swallow-swifter adj. Obsolete swifter than a swallow.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 451 Swallow-swifter surges.
swallow-tick n. a species of tick which infests swallows.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > miscellaneous or unspecified types > swallow-tick
swallow-tick1826
1826 G. Samouelle Gen. Direct. collecting Exotic Insects & Crustacea 55 The Forest Fly, Sheep and Swallow-tick.
swallow-warbler n. an Australian species of warbler ( Sylvia hirundinacea), with plumage resembling that of a swallow.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > other types of
swallow-warbler1801
Sardinian warbler1909
1801 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 250 Swallow Warbler..This is a small species; all above the plumage is black.
swallow-winged adj. (a) swift as the swallow; (b) shaped like a swallow's wings; also (of a ship), having sails of such a shape.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective]
swiftc888
swifta1050
currentc1300
quickc1300
hastivea1325
hastyc1330
ingnel1340
swiftyc1380
speedfula1387
fasta1400
swippingc1420
speedy1487
fleet1528
tite?a1540
scudding1545
flighty1552
suddenly1556
flight1581
feathered1587
Pegasean1590
wing-footed1591
swift-winged?1592
thought-swift-flying1595
wind-winged?1596
swallow-winged1597
Pegasarian1607
skelping1607
rapid1608
night-swifta1616
celerious1632
clipping1635
perniciousa1656
volatile1655
quick-foot1658
meteorous1667
windy1697
high-flying1710
fleet-footed1726
aliped1727
wickc1760
velocious1775
flight-performing1785
fast-going1800
fast-moving1802
meteor1803
wight-wapping1830
fleety1841
speeding1847
swiftening1848
two-forty1855
fire-swift1865
pennate1870
spinning1882
percursory1884
zippy1889
meteoric1895
pacy1906
presto1952
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > of specific shape
shoal1688
swallow-tailed1794
leg of mutton1848
swallow-winged1859
jib-headed1861
1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus ii. 268 Shall not wee..To Parnass hast with swallow-winged speede?
1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. D3 Ill newes Madam, Are swallow-wing'd.
1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. ix. 154 A long swallow-winged sail.
1902 Munsey's Mag. XXV. 486/1 The swallow-winged Levantine barques.
swallow-woodpecker n. a woodpecker of the genus Melanerpes.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > member of genus Melanerpes
swallow-woodpecker1837
saguaro woodpecker1856
acorn woodpeckera1899
1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. iii. ix. 135 The fifth and last genus (Melanerpes) may not unaptly be called swallow woodpeckers, for they resemble those birds in their migratory habits, their long wings, and their black glossy plumage.

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swallow tanager n. the tanager Tersina viridis (family Thraupidae), the male of which is chiefly turquoise blue with a black face, short swallow-like bill, and long wings, and nests in burrows in cliffs in northern South America.The swallow tanager was formerly placed in a family of its own, Tersinidae.
ΚΠ
1896 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1895 18 449 Family Procniatidæ. Swallow-tanagers... External characters.—Bill triangular, depressed, extremely broad at base but compressed at tip.
1953 Auk 70 403 This paper is intended to fill some of the gaps in our knowledge of one of the most fascinating South American birds, the Swallow-Tanager or Azulezo Golondrina.
2001 National Geographic Adventure Jan. 104/1 There's a fulvous-vented euphonia, a chestnut-colored squirrel cuckoo, a rarely seen turquoise blue swallow tanager.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swallown.2

Brit. /ˈswɒləʊ/, U.S. /ˈswɑloʊ/
Forms: α. Old English geswelg, swelh, Middle English swelw(ȝ), Kent. zuelȝ, Middle English suelhu, Middle English swelowe, Middle English swelw(h)e, swelgh, sweloghe, sweluh, 1500s Scottish swellie. β. Middle English swolȝ, swolw(ȝ), swolouȝ, -owhe, -ewe, Middle English swolwe, swolow(e, Middle English swolwh, 1500s plural swolues, 1600s swollow. γ. Middle English–1500s swalowe, Middle English swalgh, swalo, (plural swaloes, sualowe, sqwalowe), Middle English–1500s swalow, (1500s plural swalous, Scottish swallie, 1800s northern dialect swall(e)y), 1500s– swallow.
Etymology: late Old English geswelg , *swelg , swelh gulf, abyss, corresponding to Middle Low German swelch (also swalch ) throat, whirlpool, gluttony, glutton, Old High German swelgo glutton (Middle High German swelhe , swelch , also swalch abyss, flood), Old Norse svelgr whirlpool, swallower, devourer; < swelg- : swalg- (see swallow v.). The phonetic development has followed that of the verb.
1.
a. A deep hole or opening in the earth; a pit, gulf, abyss. Obsolete except as in 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [noun] > great or considerable depth > deep place, part, or thing
piteOE
bottomOE
swallowa1100
profundity?a1425
abysmc1475
bisme1483
gulfa1533
abyss1538
fathom1608
profound1640
a well of a1843
subterranean1912
α.
a1100 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 215/5 Hiatum, opertionem vel foveam terre, swelh.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xi. 27 Salomon beeldide Mello, and euenede the swelwȝ [a1425 L.V. swolowe] of the citee of Dauid.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 29 Þare er swelghes in þe erthe allway brynnand.
β. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xiii. 15 In the weye of dispiseris a swolwȝ [a1425 L.V. a swalowe; L. in itinere contemptorum vorago].c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1104 This Eneas is come to Paradys Out of the swolow of helle.1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xviii. 106 Ther in the myddle of therthe a place whiche is called Abisme or swolowe.γ. a1382Swalowe [see β. ]. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xviii. sig. Ciii The abysme [printed absyine] and swalowe of the earth.1636 R. James tr. Minucius Felix Octavius 22 Into the swallow of a prodigious deepe gulfe.1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 515 They were ignorant, what Swallows and Quagmires lay hid in the deceitful Nature of the Soil.1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 6 The Ground..is sunk from the level,..and ends in a very deep Circular Gulf or Swallow.1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 284 This mountain contains beds of pyrites and vast swallows.
b. spec. An opening or cavity, such as are common in limestone formations, through which a stream disappears underground: also called swallow-pit, swallow-hole n., and locally swallet n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > pot-hole or swallow-hole
water sink1553
swallow1610
swallow-hole1660
estuary1665
swallet1668
cockpit1683
sinkhole1772
sink1791
pot1797
water-swallow1811
shake-hole1823
pothole1826
fleet-hole1839
spout hole1849
katavothron1869
ponor1890
sump1951
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 297 The [river] Mole [in Surrey]..is swallowed up, and thereof the place is called the Swallow.
1681 J. Beaumont in Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 2. 3 Certain waters which..were conveyed into the ground by a swallow.
c1700 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033 Swallow-pit, where hollow caverns remain in the earth upon mineworks.
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 96 (note) The Swallows..or basons on some of the mountains, like volcanic Craters, where the rain water sinks into the earth.
1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 412 Every limestone hill..shows in its swallows and moor pits the erosive power of the atmospheric water.
1895 Naturalist 258 A streamlet..runs..eastward, for about fifty yards, and then disappears in a ‘swallow’, to reappear in another fifty yards and resume its course.
2. A depth or abyss of water; a yawning gulf; a whirlpool. Obsolete or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > deep place or part
swallowa700
deepnessa1000
deepOE
swallowa1100
depth1382
gulfc1400
profound?a1425
abysm?1614
α.
a1100 Aldhelm Glosses in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 119/4620 Carybdibus .i. uoraginibus, geswelgum.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1453 So ar þo Nykeres faste aboute..schipmen..To som swelw [v.r. suelhu] to turne or steke, Oþer a-geyn roches to breke.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Jonah ii. 4 Alle thi swelowis and wawis passiden on me.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 41 Bytwene þis ilond Mon and Norþ Wales, is a swelowe [MS. α. swolwȝ; 1432–50 swalo; Caxton swolow].
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) v. 16 Sum saise þat it es a swelgh [v.r. sweloghe] of þe Grauelly See.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 482/2 Swelwhe, of a water or of a grownde (K. swelwe, S. swelth, P. swelowe), vorago.
β. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 97 Þei may be wel licned to swolwis of þe see.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 65 Þilke tweie swolwes beeþ i-cleped Scylla and Charybdis.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) 69 Future swolwys of fortunys ffloodys.1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kvjv/2 An abysme or swolowe of water.1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea 2649 Amyd the iustlyng swolues of seas that whot with furye frye.γ. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvii. ii. 691 There they myght not londe for there was a swalowe of the see.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 65 There be other swaloes of the see in the occean.?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Civv Swalons, quycksandes, and fordes perylous.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. R.viij Wyll ye..entre agayne into the swalowe of the see, for to engloutte you?c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13299 Full swift to the swalgh me swinget the flode.1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. Bv And fall into the large swallow of Scylla.1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator Ep. Ded., in Blacke Deuill iii. sig. A2v What Rocks, Gulfes, Swallowes..and other perils that may endanger you, are marked out.1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata vii. §70 Water, where it runs..call it a streame, where it turnes about, a gulfe & a whirlepoole: where it swallowes up it selfe, a swallow.1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xii. 226 Better to perish gasping in the swallow of the sea.
†3. figurative. A gulf, abyss, sink (of evil). Obsolete.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun] > gulf of
swallowc1380
society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > place of evil
swallowc1380
hella1450
sink1526
pump1531
Sodom?1550
Tophet1618
pandemonium1800
hell's kitchen1827
sin city1973
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 390 Also freris ben ressett, and a swolowhe of symonye,..and of thefftis.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4479 He is þe swolwe þat is neuere ful: At Auerice now haue here a pul.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 16293 The wofull swolwh off Dysespeyr and Desperacioun.
1563 N. Winȝet tr. St. Vincent of Lérins For Antiq. Catholike Fayth xxx, in Certain Tractates (1890) II. 63 That auld swellie of filthines.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 118 Mony walde be drawne heidlings into the deip swallie of al abhominable vice.
1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 149 To draw vs out of the swallowes and gulfes of intemperance..and all..excesse.
a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 146 Carried head-long by a maine current of disorder, into a bottomlesse swallow of confusion.
4.
a. The passage through which food and drink are swallowed; the throat, pharynx, or gullet, or these collectively; the gorge.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > throat or gullet > [noun]
rakeeOE
cudeOE
weasanda1000
chelc1000
throatOE
garget13..
gorgec1390
oesophagusa1398
meria1400
oesophagea1400
swallowa1400
cannelc1400
gull1412
channelc1425
halsec1440
gully1538
encla?1541
stomach?1541
lane1542
weasand-pipe1544
throttlea1547
meat-pipe1553
gargil1558
guttur1562
cropc1580
gurgulio1630
gule1659
gutter lane1684
red lane1701
swallow-pipe1786
neck1818
gullet-pipe1837
foodway1904
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 4507 Bary [read Bacy = Bacchus] he was brayne-wode for bebbing of wynes, Forþi þe swire & þe swalow þat swiere he kepis.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 250 A..whal..swyftely swenged hym to swepe & his swolȝ opened.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 16 Heereby they..make wider their passage or swallow, for then they suddenly goble in the..meate before them.1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. x. 86 [If] there is fear that a bloud vein hath been hurt, or that the swallow and throat be cut.1745 tr. H. Egede Descr. Greenland 87 All Sorts of Fishes..run into the wide opened Swallow of this hideous Monster.1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. xi. 433 The mouth..which opens behind into the swallow or pharynx.1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 157 In most..cases it is stated that the patient had a ‘small swallow’ since childhood.1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors iii. 115 Like a shark's open swallow.1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Apr. (Epitome) 55 Those patients who have stenosis of the swallow.in extended use.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 57 We passed to it through a narrow Bite, which expatiates into a wide Swallow.
b. Considered in relation to its capacity for swallowing; hence transferred capacity of swallowing; appetite for food or drink; voracity; also figurative appetite, relish, inclination.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > capacity for food
brookingc1440
belly1555
swallow1592
edacity1626
gurgulio1630
stowage1651
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > greediness or voracity
yevernesseOE
greediness1426
wantonness1448
voracity1526
ravenousness1564
gulf1566
wolf1576
swallow1592
canine appetite1609
ravenage1673
polyphagia1693
voraciousness1710
hyperphagia1941
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G3 Thou hast a foule swallow, if it come once to carrowsing of humane bloud.
1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax Prol. sig. Bv Whose throates haue a better swallow, then their heades haue capacitie.
a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iv. v. 52 Twill not downe sir, I haue noe swallow fort.
1743 H. Fielding Ess. Conversat. in Misc. I. 136 Methus..measures the Honesty and Understanding of Mankind by the Capaciousness of their Swallow.
1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle i The Reverend Doctor Folliott, a gentleman endowed with a tolerable stock of learning, an interminable swallow, and an indefatigable pair of lungs.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. iii. 78 He..with most voracious swallow Walks into my mutton chops.
5. figurative.
a. in reference to consuming or ‘devouring’ (cf. swallow v. 4a).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.)
consuminga1398
consumptiona1398
devoration1528
devouring1577
consumation1586
obsorptionc1600
swallow1607
depredation1626
depastion1658
1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iii. 34 If I fall into the hungrie swallow of the prison, I am like vtterly to perish.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xlvii. sig. Q6 With what a generall swallow, Death still gapes vpon the generall world!
1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 622 His Ungodly swallow, in gorging down the Estates of helpless Widows.
b. in reference to acceptance or belief (cf. swallow v. 5).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [noun] > without opposition or protest
swallow1625
Talmudism1957
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > over-readiness to believe, credulity > [noun] > credulous person
credulous1583
easy weener1604
credulist1616
swallow1625
crediblea1674
camel-swallower1802
gobemouche1818
swallower1821
unphilosopher1829
stiffy1965
1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iv. ii The swallow of my conscience Hath but a narrow passage.
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 222 One sin will widen thy swallow a little, that thou wilt not so much strein at the next.
1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. i. 9 That the Apostles should leave the Care of all the Churches, to take up that of one Particular Church..can never go down with any but a Roman Swallow.
1697 J. Locke Let. 10 Apr. in Wks. (1714) III. 561 Even the largest Minds have but narrow Swallows.
1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies xii. 289 Mahomet..knowing as he did the reach and temper of his countrymen, he most probably adapted his religion to their swallow.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. iii. 56 Of these tales,..Mr. Esmond believed as much as he chose. His kinswoman's greater faith had swallow for them all.
1867 J. R. Lowell Percival in Prose Wks. (1890) II. 155 There was no praise too ample for the easy elasticity of his swallow.
†6. The function of swallowing; the sense of taste; transferred a taste, a small quantity tasted (in quot. quot. figurative). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > sense of taste
smacka1200
smatcha1200
smatching?c1225
swallow1340
swallowing1340
tastec1380
toothc1386
palatea1398
chewinga1400
savouringc1405
gustc1430
tallage1557
relish1605
the world > food and drink > food > amounts of food > [noun] > small quantity
breadeOE
crumbc975
snedec1000
snodec1150
morselc1300
swallow1340
modicumc1400
mouthful?c1450
tasting1526
taste1530
buckone1625
morceau1778
rive1793
nibble?1828
munchet1845
moufful1896
niblet1896
snade1901
nugget1951
nibbly1978
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing
swallow1340
swallowingc1440
transglutting?1541
gulleting1633
deglutition1650
transglutition1650
deglution1657
inglutition1803
ingurgitation1826
glutition1888
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 50 Þe mouþ heþ tuo offices huerof þe on belongeþ to þe zuelȝ ase to þe mete an to þe drinke.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 82 Hare wyt is al myswent and corupt ase þe zuelȝ of þe zyke.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 247 Þe ilke greate zuetnesse þet þe herte contemplatif uelþ..ne is bote a litel zuelȝ huerby me smackeþ hou god is zuete.
1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 659 Patients with callous appetites and hebetated tongues, who have lost the delighted sense of swallow.
7.
a. A single act of swallowing; a gulp.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > an act of
gulf1638
swallow1822
1822 T. G. Wainewright Ess. & Crit. (1880) 257 I must drink this glass of sherry exactly at three swallows.
1835 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxx, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 133 The difference between a civilized swallow and a barbarous bolt.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 207/2 When she'd had a clean swallow she says [etc.].
1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 60 He..drank it at one swallow.
b. A quantity (esp. of liquid) swallowed at once; a mouthful swallowed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > amounts of food > [noun] > small quantity > swallowed
gobbetc1384
lopync1430
swallow1861
1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. vi. 63 I took a swallow of brandy.
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 277/1 To live like an Arab, content with a few dates and a swallow from the gourd.
1904 F. Lynde Grafters ii. 24 The Honorable Jasper..took a swallow of water from the glass on the desk.
8.
a. The space between the sheave and the shell in a pulley-block, through which the rope runs.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > pulley > parts of
shell1769
web1794
gorge1815
swallowc1860
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 37 Name the parts of a block. The shell, sheave,..swallow, head.
b. In a millstone: see quot. 1880.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone > furrow in
furrow1825
swallow1880
1880 J. Lomas Man. Alkali Trade 217 [In a mill] the ‘swallow’, or recess cut in the centre of the running stone, must be of ample size.
9. A fish that inflates itself by swallowing air; also called puffer fish at puffer n. 6, puff-fish n. at puff n. and adj. Compounds 2, or swell-fish n. at swell- comb. form .
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Tetraodontidae (puffers) > member of (puff-fish)
globe fish1668
sea-orb1774
Tetrodon1774
puff-fish1807
puffer1814
swell-fish1839
rabbitfish1842
tambour1854
swallow1876
blaasop1902
toado1943
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Diodontidae (porcupine-fishes) > member of
toad-fish1612
globe fish1668
sculpin1672
sea-hedgehog1711
sea-orb1774
puff-fish1807
puffer1814
balloonfish1834
swell-fish1839
tambour1854
swallow1876
blaasop1947
1876 G. B. Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 22 Chilichthys Spengleri,..Swallow, Puff-fish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swallowv.

Brit. /ˈswɒləʊ/, U.S. /ˈswɑloʊ/
Forms: α. Old English swelgan, ( sweolgan, swylgan), 3rd singular swilhþ, swilgþ, swylgþ, swyleþ, swelhþ, swelgþ, swelþ, swelgeþ, Middle English swelȝe(n, 3rd singular sweleð, Middle English swelghe, swelugh, sweligh, swelwe, Kent. zuelȝe, 3rd singular zuel(ȝ)þ, zuylþ, Middle English swelewe, swelowe, Middle English swelawe, swelle, swelwyn, swellyn; ScottishMiddle English swely, Middle English–1500s suelly, Middle English–1500s (1800s dialect) swelly, 1500s swellie, 1800s dialect swill(e)y. β. Middle English swoleȝen, Middle English swoluwen, sw(e)olhen, sw(e)olȝe, Orm. swollȝhenn, Middle English swolewe(n, swolwe, Middle English swolow(e, swolo(n, Middle English swoolow, sqwolwe, 1500s Scottish, 1800s dialect swolly, 1500s–1600s swollow. γ. Middle English swalȝe, Middle English–1500s swalow(e, 1500s Scottish swallie, 1500s–1600s swallowe, 1800s dialect swalley, 1500s– swallow. past tense strong Old English swealg, Old English–Middle English swealh, Middle English swaluȝ, sualȝ, Middle English swalewe, Kent. zualȝ; weak Middle English swelwed, swelowede, suelid, suelud, suelyt, Middle English swelwyd, swellyd, swelud; Middle English swolȝed, swolewede, swolowyd, squolowde, Middle English swolewed, swolowed, swolut, sowoluyd; Middle English swalud, swalled, Middle English swalod, 1500s– swallowed. past participle and strong Old English swolgen, ( swelgen), Middle English iswolwe, isuolȝe, swolȝe(n, Middle English swolwe, Middle English a-swolwe, Kent. zuolȝe; weak ( i)swelewed, (i)swelowed, sweliȝhid, swelwid; Scottish and northernMiddle English swelȝed, suelȝit, suelled, 1500s suellyit; Middle English swolȝed, ( i)swolwed, swolewed, swolowid, Middle English swolowet, swolwyd, swolyt, 1500s Scottish swolit; Middle English swalughid, Middle English sualoghed, swaloyd, 1500s swalowed, 1500s– swallowed.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic originally strong verb (not recorded for Gothic): Old English swelgan , swealh , swulgon , swolgen = Old Low Franconian (far)suelgan , Middle Dutch swelgen , swalch , geswolgen (Dutch zwelgen ), Middle Low German swelgen , swelligen , (Low German swelgen ), Old High German swel(a)han , swelgan , swalh , giswolgin (Middle High German swelhen , swelgen , German schwelgen weak), Old Norse svelga , svalg , sulgu , solginn , also weak (Middle Swedish svälgha , svalgh , svolgh , sulghen , solghin , also swolghet , Swedish svälja , Danish svælge ); < base swelg- : swalg- , represented also in the forms given s.v. swallow n.2; ulterior relations are undetermined.As in German and the Scandinavian languages, this verb in English has become weak. The encroachment of the o of the past participle and the a of the past tense upon the present stem is evidenced from the 12th and 13th centuries respectively; it was perhaps furthered by association with swallow n.1
1.
a. transitive. To take into the stomach through the throat and gullet, as food or drink. In early use and still poetically also more generally = to eat or drink up, devour: cf. forswallow v. Also with down, in, up (see 10a).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] > swallow
swallowc1000
overswallowa1400
engluta1492
slup1598
deglute1599
to take down1603
glut-glut1650
quilta1658
to get down1662
regurgitate1670
reswallow1792
to take on board1813
glutch1825
down1852
deglutate1867
α.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 230 Laures leaf ceowe and þæt seaw swelge.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 43 Ne þaue þu þat storm me duue, ne þat þe deuel me swelȝe.
c1220 Bestiary 315 He drageð ðe neddre of de ston..and sweleð it.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 70 Þe more fishes swelewen þe lasse.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 482/2 Swelwyn (K. swellyn, P. swolowyn), glucio.
c1480 (a1400) St. Euphemia 179 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 422 Bestis..þat var of sa gret cruelte, þat þai wald ryf & swely sone mane or best.
a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 468 in Poems (1981) 148 Thus Cerberus to swelly sparis nane.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 140 Sum swelleis swan, sum swelleis duke.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Ciij Eftir the..quantite of the dew that thay swellie, thay consaue and bredis the perle.
β. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 123 He..forswoleȝeð þene hoc forð mid þan ese.] c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 181 Teð hine grindeð. Tunge hine swoleȝeð. Ðrote turneð hine.c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 117 Þat þou swolow no more þan ys nede.c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Prol. 36 See how he ganeth lo this dronken wight, As though he wolde swolwe vs anon right.a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 2764 Ȝenande & gapande on him so, Ase he wolde him swolwe þo.14.. Tundale's Vis. 485 This hogy best..His sette to swolo [v.rr. swelowe, swolewe] couetows men.14.. Tundale's Vis. 491 In tho profecy hit is wryton thus That a best schall swolewo [v.r. swelowe] the covetows.1448–9 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes 1352 Þe serpent a-sundyr þe bak dotht byte, And afftyr sqwolwyth yt in.γ. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14201 Ærm wurðest þu Winchæstre þæ eorðe þe scal forswalȝe [c1300 Otho for-swolȝe].] a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 120 Syne sall the swallow with his mouth The dragone Death.1534 tr. Lyndewode's Constit. Prouincialles 2 b Pure wyne onely gyuen to theym to drynke that they maye the more easely & soner swalowe downe the sacramente whyche they haue receyued.1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 245 The Ianizaries..did so swallow our wine, as when it was spent, we were forced to drinke water.1677 Mr. Johnson Let. 16 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 128 [Salmons] swallow the bait with the hook down into the stomach.1684 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 359 A fellow that eate live charcoale..champing & swallowing them downe.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 165 There is a power of animal assimilation lodged in the stomach of all creatures..converting the substances they swallow into a fluid fitted for their own peculiar support.1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 910 (note) A prize for the person who..should at a given signal first swallow a certain quantity of wine.past tense strong.c1000 Laws Eccles. Instit. in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 398 He hig swealh, & hig eft aspaw on þa hattestan ligas.c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 19/605 Heo me nam and swaluȝ me in.c1400 St. Alexius (Laud 622) 611 A whal hym swalewe at oo word ffor oo morsel in hast.past tense weak.13.. St. Mergrete in Legendae Catholicae (1840) 97 He toke hir in his foule mouthe And swalled hir flesche & bon.c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 3785 Man & best he swelwed & et.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15383 Son it was þat morsel bun,..And Iudas suelid [Gött. suelud, Fairf. squolowde, Trin. Cambr. swolewed] it onan.c1440 Alphabet of Tales 242 Þe devull in liknes of a dragon swalod hym hand & fute.1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 58 The roeke may wel complayne, for I swolowed in dame sharpbeck his wyf.1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. ii. 33 Sussex..swallowed the medicine without farther hesitation.past participle strong.a1250 Owl & Nightingale 146 Þeos vle..sat toswolle and tobolewe So heo hedde one frogge iswolwe [v.r. isuolȝe].a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1976 Wilde der Hauen min sune swolgen her.a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 786 A..starede on Beues wiþ eien holwe, Also a wolde him haue a-swolwe.past participle weak.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 441 Som of hem þat flye,..delyuered hem of ieweles of gold þat þey hadde i-swolwed to fore þat þey flyȝ.c1450 Mirk's Festial 200 A gret horryble dragon..wold haue swolyt her.?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 734 Þe seele calfe..þat cuthbert buke had swelyed.1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 61 My self this mater saw... That ane Infant was swellyit with ane sow.1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxii. 195 Pills..swallowed whole, have the vertue to cure.1779 Mirror No. 50. ⁋11 Having swallowed a short breakfast.1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 83 Some hold that he hath swallow'd infant flesh, Monster!1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 28/2 The bait had to be swallowed by the pike before the hook would take hold.
b. In figurative or allusive phrase to swallow one's spittle: (a) in renderings of Job vii. 19, where the reference is to the difficulty of swallowing when in distress; †(b) to restrain anger or other strong feeling, to repress the rising gorge. to swallow a camel, a gudgeon, a spider, a tavern-token: see camel n. 1c, gudgeon n.1 2b, spider n. 1d, tavern n. Compounds 4. to swallow the anchor, to retire from a sea-faring life; also transferred to have swallowed the dictionary: see dictionary n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (intransitive)] > manifest suffering
to swallow one's spittlec1400
flincha1677
squirm1804
the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > maintain self-control [verb (intransitive)] > restrain the emotions
to bite one's lip1330
to swallow one's spittlec1400
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > retire > from the sea
to swallow the anchor1907
c1400 Pety Job 40 in 26 Pol. Poems 122 Thow woldest suffer neuer more Me to swolowe my salyue?
c1421 26 Pol. Poems 108 How longe sparest þou me noȝt, To swolwe my spotel, bot it me gryue?
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job vii. 19 Why goest thou not fro me, ner lettest me alone, so longe till I swalow downe my spetle? [Similarly 1611.]
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. iii. f. 66 Owre men moued with greate hope and hunger of golde, beganne ageine to swalowe downe theyr spettle.
1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 11 Mithinks while you heare thys I see you swallowe down your owne spittle for reuenge.
a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) v. sig. I3 None of you both I see but are in fault, Thus simple men as I do swallow flies.
a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) i. ii. 157 Hee durst not stay mee. yf hee had, had founde I woulde not swallowe my spettle.
a1714 G. Lockhart in Lockhart Papers (1817) I. 221 [They] were resolved not to swallow a cow and stick at the tail; and as they had begun, carried on, and finished their projects.
1733 J. Swift On Poetry 9 And if you find the general Vogue Pronounces you a stupid Rogue;..Sit still, and swallow down your Spittle.
1907 J. Masefield Tarpaulin Muster xii. 129 An old sailor..had ‘swallowed the anchor’ in Colon.
1931 A. R. L. Gardner Art of Crime 253 We are glad to be able to quote these..words to..our readers who may entertain..fears lest the crook proper should one day ‘swallow the anchor’ and retire permanently from the stage.
1977 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 May 6/1 But, now he had ‘swallowed the anchor’, he was a hard-headed business man.
c. absol. or intransitive. To take food, drink, etc. into the stomach through the gullet; to perform the act of deglutition, as in an effort to suppress emotion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (intransitive)] > swallow
quilta1658
swallowa1700
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > swallow
swallow1883
a1700 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1911) 9 345 She not being able to swallow so as to communicate.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 493 Every time he attempted to speak or swallow, he became more convulsed.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. ii. 13 He kept swallowing as if he felt what we used to call a lump in the throat.
1906 C. Mansfield Girl & Gods xvii ‘I wonder if we hamper Psyche?’ ‘Don't!’ cried Phynides and swallowed quickly.
†2. transitive. To taste (also figurative). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)]
fandc893
cunc1175
smatch?c1225
swallowa1340
tastea1400
savour?a1425
strain1533
relish1592
pree1680
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxiii. [xxxiv.] 8 Gustate et videte quoniam suauis est dominus, swelighis and sees for soft is lord.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 106 Huanne þe man onderuangþ þise yefþe he zuelȝ [þ] and smackeþ and uelþ þe zuetnesse of God.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 123 Loue of charite nimþ and zikþ and zuelȝþ and halt.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. ii. (1914) 48 Þou sese with thyn eghne, heris with thyne eres, Swelawes with thi mouthe, Smelles with þi nese.
3.
a. transferred. To take into itself (physically); to cause to disappear in its interior or depths; to engulf. Also with down, in, up (see 10b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > swallow up
swallowc1175
to swallow up1526
devour1555
engulf1555
abyss1596
involve1605
flapdragona1616
to suck upa1616
ingurgitatea1620
absorbeate1623
exorbeate1623
entomba1631
gulf1807
begulf1809
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10224 Na mar þann helle maȝȝ beon full. To swollȝhenn menness sawless.
c1290 Beket 2168 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 168 Þe eorþe openede onder heom for-to swolewen hem a-liue.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xiii. 5 A grafe oppynand, þat slas..and swalows þaim in.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 528 Whan tempest doth the shippes swalowe.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 363 To be swolȝed swyftly wyth þe swart erþe.
c1400 Sc. Trojan War ii. 2274 That swelt[h] half of my schippis has Suelled.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 4 Helle ȝeonyng, and galpyng..forto swolon hym ynto þe payne þat neuer schall haue ende.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5999 in Wks. (1931) I The erth sall ryue, And swolly thame, boith man and wyue.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 196 The Sea Swallows him with his Host. View more context for this quotation
1687 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy I. ii. xi. 125 After this Isle was suddenly swallowed down into the Sea.
1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. i. 372 The lower part of the face was swallowed in a bushy beard.
1905 E. Clodd Animism §9. 45 The earthquake that swallowed man and beast.
†b. reflexive of a river losing itself in another.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [verb (reflexive)] > be engulfed in another river
swallow1623
embosom1665
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. i. 67 Where the Riuer of Lipp..runneth to swallow it selfe [Fr. vient se perdre] in the Rhine.
4. figurative.
a. To make away with, destroy, consume, cause to vanish (as if by devouring or absorption into itself). See also 10c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.)
supeOE
eatc950
fretc1000
forthnimc1175
forfret?c1225
to-fret?c1225
swallowa1340
devourc1374
upsoup1382
consumea1398
bisweligha1400
founderc1400
absorb1490
to swallow up1531
upsupa1547
incinerate1555
upswallow1591
fire1592
absume1596
abyss1596
worm1604
depredate1626
to gulp downa1644
whelm1667
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxiii. 2 [cxxiv. 3] Perauntire þai had swelighid vs lifand.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1268 Wyth þe swayf of þe sworde þat swolȝed hem alle.
c1400 Destr. Troy Prol. 12 Sothe stories ben..swolowet into swym by swiftenes of yeres.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 83 But God in us have habytacion, Peraventure oure enemyes shulde swelle us.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 45 As S. Paul sais..Deid is swolit throw wictore.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 689 Three schooles..which the greedy iniquity of these our times hath already swallowed.
1643 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 301 I see my ruine at the very dore ready to swallow mee.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 269 The apartment was suddenly illuminated by a flash of lightning, which seemed absolutely to swallow the darkness of the hall.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. iv. 39 To-day swallowing Yesterday, and then being in its turn swallowed of To-morrow.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 116 Sloughs That swallow common sense.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 400 All strife was swallowed of festivity.
b. To cause to be ‘lost’ in something; to ‘drown’, ‘absorb’, engross, occupy wholly. (Now only with up: see 10d.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > hold attention, absorb
swallowc1330
deepc1380
dare1547
suspend1561
preoccupy1567
devour1568
to swallow up1581
enwrap1589
invest1601
steep1603
to take up1603
spell1646
possess1653
enchain1658
engross1661
absorb1749
fix1752
rivet1762
fascinate1782
spell-bind1808
arrest1814
mesmerize1862
to turn on1903
get1913
consume1999
c1330 Spec. Gy de Warw. 642 Þe pine of helle hem gan to swolewe.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 125 All my hert..is turnyd in-to heet of lufe, & it is swaloyd In-to a-noþer Ioy and a-nodir form.
1645 G. Daniel Wks. (Grosart) II. To Rdr. 2 In Some I have bene lost and Swallowed from my first intentions, by newer Thoughts.
c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding §36 The necessary Provison for Life swallows the greatest part of their Time.
c. To take in eagerly, ‘devour’ (with one's ears or mind).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] > absorb
swallow1513
to swallow up1594
to suck up1602
immerge1611
immerse1790
to breathe in1816
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. xii. 35 Now lat ȝone cruell Troiane swelly and see [L. hauriat oculis] This our fyre funerall.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer Prol. f. cccxxv Men..that wt eeres openly sprad so moche swalowen the delyciousnesse of iestes and of ryme..that of the goodnesse..of the sentence take they lytel hede.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 196 I saw a Smith..With open mouth swallowing a Taylors newes. View more context for this quotation
1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. viii. 15 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) A man who wedds himself to his study and swallowes many books.
1834 Maginn in Blackwood's Mag. 35 747 Dosy, who sate in open-mouthed wonder, swallowing them [sc. his stories] down as a common-councilman swallows turtle.
d. To take for oneself, or into itself, as a territory or other possession; to absorb, appropriate. (See also 10e.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate
ownOE
rimec1275
takec1300
appropre1366
to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385
to get awayc1480
proper1496
apprehenda1522
impropry1526
impropriate1567
carve1578
forestall1581
appropriate1583
propriate1587
pocket1597
impatronize1611
propertya1616
asself1632
appropriatea1634
swallow1637
to swallow up1654
sink1699
poucha1774
spheterize1779
sack1807
fob1818
to look back to1822
mop1861
annex1865
1637 in W. Foster Court Minutes E. India Company (1907) 267 [Without allowing for forfeiture of the bond for private trade, misapplication of the Company's money, or for] swalloweing [Burt's estate].
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1679 (1955) IV. 186 The Duke of Buckingham, much of whose estate he had swallow'd.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 340 That he might the more easilie swallow Flanders..whilst we sate unconcerned.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xci. 263 One finds in the United States..many people who declare that Mexico will be swallowed.
e. Theatrical slang. To get up (a part) hastily.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > learn (a part)
study?1552
wing1885
swallow1890
1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Swallow the cackle, (theatrical), to learn a part.
1898 Tit Bits 30 July 338/1 The remaining acts [of the play] were in turn ‘swallowed’ during the successive intervals.
5.
a. To accept without opposition or protest; to take (an oath, etc.) without demur or lightly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)]
fangOE
swallowa1591
the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > accept, receive, or admit [verb (transitive)] > accept without opposition or protest
eata1382
swallowa1591
a1591 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 13 It is very like that these men swallow many sins, for God is never so forgotten as in feasting, and sporting, and bargaining.
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) i. i. 84 Here's no grosse flattery: Will she swallow this?
1646 J. Maxwell Burden of Issachar (1708) II. 303 I cannot sufficiently wonder, how the High Court of Parliament of England hath swallow'd and sworn their Covenant.
1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. iv. 112 The former laid a wager that there was no flattery so gross but his friend would swallow.
1789 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 325 The Representatives of this nation..are ready to swallow this proposition by acclamation.
1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 191 Give them an oath to swallow.
1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 171 In England, affidavits are often managed in a simpler way. Swallowing a customhouse oath is there a well known expression.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iv. xiv. 328 People take you with all your faults, if you're rich; but they won't swallow your family into the bargain.
b. esp. To accept mentally without question or suspicion; to believe unquestioningly. †Also with down.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > bring to belief, convince [verb (transitive)] > be convinced, swallow
feela1200
to take on trust1590
swallow1594
to take up1617
to take upon content1646
to take in1823
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. L3v Beleeue nothing,..yet seeme thou as thou swallowedst all, suspectedst none.
1643 Ord. Lords & Com., Westm. Conf. Pref. (1658) C 3 So many, especially of the younger sort, do swallow down almost any error that is offered them.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iv. 36 To make a man swallow that for an innate Principle, which may serve to his purpose who teacheth them.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 83 He that can swallow the raining of Frogs.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 516 I find that I could swallow the last opinion, sooner than either of the others.
1791 F. Burney Let. 31 Aug. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 49 [She] will believe no good of them, and swallows all that is said of evil!
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. App. 632 The legend is still swallowed by novelists.
1880 R. F. Littledale Plain Reasons lxii. 135 Over-readiness to swallow marvels..is credulity.
6. To put up with, submit to, take patiently or submissively (something injurious or irksome). (Cf. French avaler.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate
forbearc897
tholec950
bearOE
abidec1300
bidea1325
takec1330
suffer1340
wielda1375
to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384
supportc1384
to sit with ——c1400
sustainc1400
thulgec1400
acceptc1405
to away with1528
brook1530
well away1533
to bear with —1538
digest1553
to comport with1565
stand1567
purse?1571
to put up1573
well away1579
comport1588
fadge1592
abrook1594
to come away1594
to take up with1609
swallow1611
embracea1616
to pack up1624
concocta1627
to set down bya1630
to take with ——1632
tolerate1646
brook1658
stomach1677
pouch1819
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. G2 If I swallow this wrong, let her thanke you.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. xvii. 80 The mother (not able to swallow her shame and grief) cast her selfe into the lake.
1623 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) II. 442 And how many disgraces and indignities he swallowed, to bring his own ends about.
1710 J. Swift Corr. 10 Oct. (1963) I. 183 They cannot give themselves the little Trouble of Attendance that other men are content to swallow.
1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 2 Nov. (1948) I. 78 I took my four pills last night, and they lay an hour in my throat... I suppose I could swallow four affronts as easily.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xvii. 144 He was pompous, but with such a cook what would one not swallow?
7. To refrain from expressing or uttering; to keep down, repress. Also with down.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > suppress emotions
forbearOE
refrainc1384
repressa1393
subdue1483
suppressa1500
squat1577
to bite in1608
contain?1611
to keep ina1616
swallowa1643
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)]
suppress1533
throttle1582
swallowa1643
a1643 S. Godolphin Poems (1931) Deny us freedome of our grones And bid us swallow all our mones.
1719 E. Young Busiris iv. 50 They..swallow down their Tears to hide them from me.
a1771 T. Gray tr. Dante in Wks. (1884) I. 159 I swallow'd down My struggling Sorrow.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 41 Swallowing my grievances [Fr. dévorant ma douleur], [I] set myself to wait on my noble masters.
1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V xxiv. 147 Swallowing a heart-burning sigh.
1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) iv, in Writings I. 31 [She] swallowed her mirth, and..busied herself at the cupboard.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 325 Then in his throat a swelling passion rose, Which yet he swallowed down.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 296 Hannibal swallowed his resentment.
8. To take back, retract, recant. (Cf. eat v. 2c.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract
to call againc1390
repealc1390
revokec1390
replyc1425
renounce1446
renayc1450
unsay1483
manswear1502
to let loose1530
to call back1533
recant1534
retract1538
unswear1591
unwish1591
swallow1597
to take back1599
retractate1600
reclaim1615
unspeak1615
recede1655
renege1679
unnotify1738
unpronounce1745
withdraw1793
palinode1892
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 132 As lowe as to thy heart Through the false passage of thy throate thou liest... Now swallow downe that lie. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 228 [He] swallowed his vowes whole, pretending in her, discoueries of dishonor. View more context for this quotation
1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant iii. i. 30 I have swallow'd my words already; I have eaten them up.
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. iv. 47 A marciful Providence fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller.
1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xx. 195 If Jamie be living now he has still those words to swallow.
9. To pronounce indistinctly or fail to pronounce; to slur over. (Cf. French manger.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > mutter or mumble
muttera1425
mumblec1450
murmurc1460
blabber?a1513
palter?1548
fumble1555
flummer1563
chaw1570
buzz1583
mumpa1586
demurmurate1641
loll1655
muttera1690
swallowa1791
sough1821
hummera1860
lip1887
mum-mumble1917
potato-mouth1937
rhubarb1958
a1791 J. Wesley Wks. (1830) XIII. 479 Some persons mumble, or swallow some words or syllables.
10. to swallow up.
a. literal. To swallow completely or voraciously; to eat up, devour. Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously
forswallowOE
gulch?c1225
afretea1350
moucha1350
glop1362
gloup1362
forglut1393
worrya1400
globbec1400
forsling1481
slonk1481
franch1519
gull1530
to eat up1535
to swallow up1535
engorge1541
gulp1542
ramp1542
slosh1548
raven1557
slop1575
yolp1579
devour1586
to throw oneself on1592
paunch1599
tire1599
glut1600
batten1604
frample1606
gobbet1607
to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616
to make a (also one's) meal of1622
gorge1631
demolish1639
gourmanda1657
guttle1685
to gawp up1728
nyam1790
gamp1805
slummock1808
annihilate1815
gollop1823
punish1825
engulf1829
hog1836
scoff1846
brosier1850
to pack away1855
wolf1861
locust1868
wallop1892
guts1934
murder1935
woof1943
pelicana1953
pig1979
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Obad. i. 16 Yee dryncke shall they, and swalowe vp, so that ye shall be, as though ye had neuer bene.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 346 The crocodile..swalloweth vp both the baite and the hooke.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶3 Like Moses's Serpent, that immediately swallow'd up and devoured those of the Ægyptians.
1880 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe (ed. 9) Introd. 15 Just as we cannot conceive of a man swallowing up [1876 devouring] himself, so [etc.].
b. transferred. To engulf completely; to cause to disappear utterly in its depths. Cf. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > swallow up
swallowc1175
to swallow up1526
devour1555
engulf1555
abyss1596
involve1605
flapdragona1616
to suck upa1616
ingurgitatea1620
absorbeate1623
exorbeate1623
entomba1631
gulf1807
begulf1809
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xii. 16 The erth opened her mought, and swalowed vppe the rever.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cvi. 17 So the earth opened & swalowed vp Dathan.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccliij The shippes being..swallowed vp of the billowes did perishe.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 99 Certane difficile myres, quhilkes..sal gaip wyd, and swallie him vp in a maner to the deipth.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 587 The first [river] is Hans, which being swallowed up under the ground, breaketh up againe three miles off.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. xxiv. 262 Because London was not swallowed up or consumed by Fire from Heaven.
1803 W. Scott Let. 27 Aug. (1932) I. 199 This district..was swallowed up by the sea.
1828 C. Lamb Old Margate Hoy in Elia 2nd Ser. 36 Sunken ships, and sumless treasures swallowed up in the unrestoring depths.
1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger I. vi. 245 The little legs of the child were swallowed up in his clumsy yellow boots.
1853 G. P. R. James Agnes Sorel III. i. 3 The Castle gates swallowed them up, and nothing more was seen of them.
c. figurative. To make away with or destroy completely; to cause to disappear utterly (as if by absorption). Cf. 4a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.)
supeOE
eatc950
fretc1000
forthnimc1175
forfret?c1225
to-fret?c1225
swallowa1340
devourc1374
upsoup1382
consumea1398
bisweligha1400
founderc1400
absorb1490
to swallow up1531
upsupa1547
incinerate1555
upswallow1591
fire1592
absume1596
abyss1596
worm1604
depredate1626
to gulp downa1644
whelm1667
1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. lviiiv In the worlde to come loue shal swalowe vp ye other two [sc. faith and hope].
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lvi[i]. 3 He shal..saue me from the reprofe of him that wolde swalowe me vp.
1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §18 Delight in the things which men do, swalloweth up the pains that is taken about them.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 149 Those thoughts..swallowd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night. View more context for this quotation
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 128 All People looked upon themselves as ruined and swallowed up.
1758 J. Dalrymple Ess. Hist. Feudal Prop. (ed. 2) 122 The feudal law carries with it..a system of private rights, which swallow up all others, wherever it comes.
1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vii. 105 Another rule is, not to let familiarity swallow up all courtesy.
1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. v. 112 The man is swallowed up in the cause, the messenger in the message.
1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) v. 75 Since the powers it gave were autocratic and unlimited, it must swallow up all minor claims and dignities.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 446 Must not all things at last be swallowed up in death?
1885 Manch. Examiner 12 May 5/3 Nearly a month will be swallowed up in the verification of the returns.
1901 Scotsman 28 Feb. 7/1 The Irish names in the box swallowed up all the rest.
d. To occupy entirely, engross, ‘absorb’, ‘drown’; = 4b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > hold attention, absorb
swallowc1330
deepc1380
dare1547
suspend1561
preoccupy1567
devour1568
to swallow up1581
enwrap1589
invest1601
steep1603
to take up1603
spell1646
possess1653
enchain1658
engross1661
absorb1749
fix1752
rivet1762
fascinate1782
spell-bind1808
arrest1814
mesmerize1862
to turn on1903
get1913
consume1999
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 499 b Blynded with selfe love, drowned in malice, swallowed upp with his owne conceipt.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) viii. iii Wonder dims my aching Eyes, And swallows up my Soul.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 194 The original intention of the experiment was lost sight of, by an unexpected result which swallowed up all their attention.
1857 J. Keble Let. to Denison 14 Oct. in Maggs's Catal. Mar. (1897) 54/1 Since I came home [I] have been swallowed up with my little book on Eucharistical Adoration.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed x. 205 He fell to work, whistling softly, and was swallowed up in the clean, clear joy of creation.
e. To take completely into itself, or for oneself; to appropriate, absorb (= 4d); †in quot. 1544, to take fully upon oneself.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)]
underfoc893
fandOE
onfangOE
undernimc1000
takec1175
to take tillc1175
to take toa1250
underfongc1330
undertakea1340
to take in (also on) handa1350
undertakec1385
attamec1386
to take in (also on) handc1390
embrace1393
emprisec1410
to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410
to go upon ——c1450
enterprise?1473
to set (one's) hand to1477
go?a1500
accept1524
assume1530
to hent in (also upon) handc1540
to swallow up1544
to take to task1546
to go into ——?1548
to set in hand1548
to fare about1563
entertain1569
undergo1606
to set about ——1611
to take up1660
to come at ——1901
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate
ownOE
rimec1275
takec1300
appropre1366
to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385
to get awayc1480
proper1496
apprehenda1522
impropry1526
impropriate1567
carve1578
forestall1581
appropriate1583
propriate1587
pocket1597
impatronize1611
propertya1616
asself1632
appropriatea1634
swallow1637
to swallow up1654
sink1699
poucha1774
spheterize1779
sack1807
fob1818
to look back to1822
mop1861
annex1865
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > swallow up > immaterial things
devourc1384
deep1578
to swallow up1654
1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. lxiii. sig. D iv A faythfull armye wyll swallowe vp all parylles, before that so lyberall a capytayne shuld haue any shame or reproche.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 21 The oppressions of the Court of Rome, which would swallow up..all original Jurisdiction.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 331 The French..almost swallowed, all Flanders.
1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. iv. i. 162 In upper Egypt there were formerly twenty-four provinces, but many of them are now swallow'd up by Arab Sheiks.
1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 737/1 Morocco..has escaped being swallowed by France because Spain has guarded it.
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 157 With Exton is joined the hamlet of Horn, now swallowed up in the Park.
†f. To take in eagerly: = 4c. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] > absorb
swallow1513
to swallow up1594
to suck up1602
immerge1611
immerse1790
to breathe in1816
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K2v About him were a presse of gaping faces, Which seem'd to swallow vp his sound aduice. View more context for this quotation
g. To pass over (a distance) rapidly.Cf. devour v. 8b.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > rapidly
scourc1380
skirra1616
scud1632
bescour1837
to swallow up1890
to eat up1898
to burn up1909
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 188 Three miles had been swallowed up ere the team steadied. [Cf. quot. 1899 at swallowed adj.]
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