to swallow
143
4.8
- verb
- /ˈswɑloʊ/
:
engullir
- The ocean will swallow the ship, and us together with it.
- swallow whole
- gets swallowed
But it can also like LA can swallow you up if you're not careful.
- But it can also like LA can swallow you up if you're not careful.
- But overnight a black hole is going to swallow one of these guys.
- I wish the the floor would open right here and swallow me up.
- But such a page Turner completely draws you in and swallows you whole.
- A sort of may the earth swallow me whole moment.
- So even me educated, you know, PHDI was being swallowed in my own lostness.
- What else are they doing to influence the start up industry and to basically swallow all of AI whole?
- Well, the first one was Tate McRae said she almost got swallowed by a whale while she was jet skiing in the ocean.
Examples
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If Earth swallows us whole, I apologize in advance.
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You may get swallowed by the darkness.
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That big bad world out there will swallow you up whole.
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What else are they doing to influence the start up industry and to basically swallow all of AI whole?
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As we started to roll, I watched the dust swallow cars and trucks in front of us.
Academic text (2002) -
This big mouth of water swallows the plane and takes it under.
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The crops were swallowed by the earth and the animals turned to dust.
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Blackness will well up around me, swallowing me whole from the ground up.
Academic text (1996) -
King Abdullah may find himself swallowed up by the growing force of the Muslim Brotherhood within his kingdom.
Academic text (2012) -
The floodwaters began to swallow entire neighborhoods, leaving devastation behind.
Synonyms
217
3.0
To take in things such as liquid, light, or information
41
4.5
To surround something completely, like fog or darkness
40
5.1
To cover something completely and suddenly, often by fire or water
22
4.3
To take in liquid or information
21
4.6
Cover something completely so it cannot be seen
15
4.6
To cover completely so it cannot be seen, often by water or strong feeling
7
3.2
To soak up liquid or learn and keep new information
7
3.6
To take in and hold something, like a sponge taking water
5
2.8
Completely swallow something like land or light
2
4.9
Surround something completely so it becomes hard to see
Antonyms
Idioms
- Archaic
To accept something unpleasant during talks to avoid bigger problems
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
1
6.9
A small bird that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
- Australian
A small bird from Asia and Australia that looks like a swallow and has a hooked beak
- UK
A plant that lives for many years with bright yellow flowers in dry, rocky places
- Specialized
A dive where the diver bends the back and stretches the arms before entering the water
- UK
A hole in the ground where water goes underground into caves, often in limestone
A formal men's jacket with a cut-away front and two long tails worn for evening events
A large North American hunting bird with black and white feathers and a deeply forked tail
- US
A small North American bird with shiny blue-green back and white belly that nests in tree holes
A small bird with a blue-green back and white belly that nests in tree holes
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb swallow also comes from swelgan 'to gulp down', and that's why we use swallow to mean 'engulf' or 'absorb' something completely, as if it were taken down and made to disappear.