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gitgit [git.git.] : Artamus leucorhyncus (n.) [langgam]; swallow (n.) [langgam]
Synonyms: it-it

Derivatives of gitgit


Glosses:
swallow
n. (food)1. sup, swallowa small amount of liquid food.; "a sup of ale"
~ mouthful, tastea small amount eaten or drunk.; "take a taste--you'll like it"
n. (act)2. deglutition, drink, swallowthe act of swallowing.; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
~ consumption, ingestion, intake, uptakethe process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
~ aerophagiaswallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence).
~ gulp, swig, draught, drafta large and hurried swallow.; "he finished it at a single gulp"
~ sipa small drink.
n. (animal)3. swallowsmall long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations.
~ oscine, oscine birdpasserine bird having specialized vocal apparatus.
~ barn swallow, hirundo rustica, chimney swallowcommon swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc..
~ cliff swallow, hirundo pyrrhonotaNorth American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls.
~ hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallowof Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities.
~ iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallowbluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities.
~ martinany of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas.
v. (consumption)4. get down, swallowpass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking.; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
~ ingest, consume, have, take in, takeserve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
~ boltswallow hastily.
v. (competition)5. swallowengulf and destroy.; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
~ demolish, destroydefeat soundly.; "The home team demolished the visitors"
v. (contact)6. bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow upenclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclosesurround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
v. (communication)7. swallowutter indistinctly.; "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utterexpress in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
v. (communication)8. swallow, take back, unsay, withdrawtake back what one has said.; "He swallowed his words"
~ repudiate, disown, renouncecast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
v. (cognition)9. swallowkeep from expressing.; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
~ repress, suppressput out of one's consciousness.
v. (cognition)10. accept, live with, swallowtolerate or accommodate oneself to.; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
~ brook, endure, tolerate, abide, stomach, bear, digest, stick out, put up, suffer, stand, supportput up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
v. (cognition)11. swallowbelieve or accept without questioning or challenge.; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
~ believeaccept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"