swallow
verb (used with object)
to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
swallows
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present tense formof swallow (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In “Rare Bird” a woman in 18th-century England finds pleasure in the company of a new friend, who helps her test a claim from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus that swallows hibernate underwater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
When a mosquito takes a blood meal, it also swallows any viruses or parasites living in its host’s blood.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
"In most of those cases, what happens is the supermarket swallows those losses. And that impacts their margins," she says.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Paramount Skydance Chairman David Ellison defended his commitment to release 30 movies a year once his media company swallows Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Christopher and his father never went to the country-side now, because there was always an outside chance that hares would chase him across fields, and swallows would want to nest in his hair.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
