Definitions of swallow:

• noun:   the act of swallowing

  Example: "One swallow of the liquid was enough"

• noun:   small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
• noun:   a small amount of liquid food
• verb:   believe or accept without questioning or challenge

  Example: "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"

• verb:   keep from expressing

  Example: "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

• verb:   take back what one has said

  Example: "He swallowed his words"

• verb:   utter indistinctly

  Example: "She swallowed the last words of her speech"

• verb:   engulf and destroy

  Example: "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

• verb:   pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

  Example: "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

• verb:   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

  Example: "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

• verb:   tolerate or accommodate oneself to

  Example: "I swallowed the insult"

• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #9498)