A bird of the genus Hirundo, of many species, among which are the chimney swallow and the martin.

To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet or oesophagus into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink. Food should be well chewed before it is swallowed.

To absorb; to draw and sink into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; usually followed by up. The Malstrom off the coast of Norway, it is said, will swallow up a ship. In bogs swallow’d up and lost. The earth opened and swallowed them up. Numbers 16:32.

To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.

To engross; to appropriate. Homer--has swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.

To occupy; to employ. The necessary provision of life swallows the greatest part of their time.

To seize and waste. Corruption swallow’d what the liberal hand . Of bounty scatter’d.

To engross; to engage completely. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are swallowed up of wine. Isaiah 28:7.

To exhaust; to consume. His expenses swallow up all his income.

The gullet or oesophagus; the throat.

Voracity: .

As much as is swallowed at once.