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swallow

1. noun
   1. (bird) hirondelle f;
   2. (gulp) gorgée f.

2. transitive verb
   1. (eat) avaler;
   2. ravaler (pride);
   3. (colloquial)(believe) avaler (familiar) .

3. intransitive verb avaler;
   (nervously) avaler sa salive.

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'swallow' found in these entries:

English:

whole

French:

avaler - déglutir - digérer - engloutir - gober - gorge - hirondelle - tasse - travers

swallow: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations
swallow	(eat)	v	avaler ⇒ (nourriture, pilule)
swallow	(believe)	v	avaler ⇒ (croire)
swallow	(bird)	nf	hirondelle
Additional Translations:
swallow		nf	gorgée
swallow		nf	aronde Vieilli
swallow	physiology	v	déglutir ⇒ physiologie
swallow	figurative	v	ravaler ⇒ (avaler de nouveau)
swallow		v	gober ⇒
Compound Forms/Formes composées
bank swallow			hirondelle de rivage
barn swallow			hirondelle rustique
rough-winged swallow (Can)			hirondelle à gorge rousse
rough-winged swallow		nf	hirondelle à ailes hérissées
swallow a bitter pill			avaler la pilule
swallow hole		nm	gouffre (dû à un fleuve)
swallow hole (geography)		nm	entonnoir géographie
swallow hole (GB)		nm	aven
swallow up		v	engloutir ⇒ (faire disparaître)
swallow up		v	engouffrer ⇒ (une fortune)
swallow up (to be swallowed up in the crowd)		v	se noyer dans la foule
swallow-tailed		adj	à queue de pie
swallow-tailed		habit à queue de pie	queue de pie
tree swallow			hirondelle bicolore
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "swallow".

A bitter/hard pill to swallow
gold-winged swallow
hard to swallow
I swallow dryly
One swallow does not make a summer
swallow hard
swallow his ice
Swallow one's pride
Swallow the bait
swallow up any meaning
swallow-size
the first swallow
to swallow ones pride
to swallow past something
to swallow something the wrong way
unladen swallow

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