KJV Dictionary Definition: swallow

swallow

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

swallowed

SWAL'LOWED, pp. Taken into the stomach; absorbed; received without scruple; engrossed; wasted; exhausted.

swallower

SWAL'LOWER, n. One who swallows; also, a glutton.

swallowing

SWAL'LOWING, ppr. Taking into the stomach; absorbing; ingulfing; receiving implicitly; engrossing; wasting; exhausting.

SWAL'LOWING, n. The act of taking into the stomach or of absorbing; the act of receiving implicitly; the act of engrossing.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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