swallowed

verbconsume

verbbelieve without much thought

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verb consume

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Word Origin & History

"take in through the throat," Old English swelgan (class III strong verb; past tense swealg, past participle swolgen), from Proto-Germanic *swelkh-/*swelg- (cf. Old Saxon farswelgan, Old Norse svelgja "to swallow," Middle Dutch swelghen, Dutch zwelgen "to gulp, swallow," Old High German swelahan "to swallow," German schwelgen "to revel"), probably from PIE base *swel- (1) "to eat, drink." Cognate with Old Norse svelgr "whirlpool," literally "devourer, swallower." Sense of "consume, destroy" is attested from mid-14c. Meaning "to accept without question" is from 1590s. Related: Swallowed; swallowing. The noun meaning "an act of swallowing" is recorded from 1822.

Example Sentences for swallowed

There was a movement in her throat as though she swallowed something hard.

It is not strange that when we have swallowed the dose it does little to effect a cure.

But after an interview with Harris he swallowed this wrath as best he might.

He swallowed and then, with a great effort, spoke very calmly.

Most of them went on to New York, and were swallowed up in the great vortex of seamen.

I did not drink much, but the little I swallowed made me completely drunk.

He seemed to understand me, and swallowed it himself, in a significant manner.

While Ariston looked, a ship was picked up and crushed and swallowed.

It was tempting, and although it had a peculiar odour, she swallowed it.

The peculiarity of my temper is, ma'am, that I won't be swallowed up alive.'

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