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A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

Example: He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.

Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

Example: My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.

To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.