{
    "term": "swallow",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "swallow",
            "heSheIt": "swallows"
        },
        "pastSimple": "swallowed",
        "pastParticiple": "swallowed",
        "ingForm": "swallowing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make food, drink, etc. go down your throat into your stomach",
            "sensetop": "swallow (something)swallow something + adj.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Always chew food well before swallowing it.",
                    "contextForm": "swallow (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pills should be swallowed whole.",
                    "contextForm": "swallow something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Liquid food may be more easily swallowed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most snakes swallow their prey whole."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She accidentally swallowed a glass bead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She swallowed down her breakfast in a hurry."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["hastily", "quickly", "accidentally"],
                "phrases": ["swallow something whole"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to move the muscles of your throat as if you were swallowing something, especially because you are nervous",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **swallowed hard** and told him the bad news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He swallowed back the lump in his throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She swallowed convulsively, determined not to cry."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["deeply", "hard", "convulsively"],
                "phrases": ["have difficulty swallowing", "have trouble swallowing"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to take somebody/something in or completely cover them/it so that they/it cannot be seen or exist separately any longer",
            "sensetop": "swallow somebody/somethingswallow somebody/something up",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I watched her walk down the road until she was swallowed by the darkness.",
                    "contextForm": "swallow somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Large areas of countryside have been swallowed up by towns.",
                    "contextForm": "swallow somebody/something up"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to use up something completely, especially an amount of money",
            "sensetop": "swallow somebody/something (up)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most of my salary gets swallowed (up) by the rent and bills."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to accept that something is true; to believe something",
            "sensetop": "swallow somethingswallow something + adj.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I found her excuse very **hard to swallow**.",
                    "contextForm": "swallow something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He told her a pack of lies, but she **swallowed it whole**.",
                    "contextForm": "swallow something + adj."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to hide your feelings",
            "sensetop": "swallow something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to swallow your doubts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're going to have to **swallow your pride** and ask for your job back."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to accept offensive remarks, criticisms, etc. without complaining or protesting",
            "sensetop": "swallow something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was surprised that he just sat there and swallowed all their remarks."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a fact or an event that is unpleasant and difficult to accept",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The election defeat was a bitter pill for the party to swallow."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very pleased with yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She looked like the cat that’s swallowed the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɒləʊ/",
                "audio": "sw/swallow/swallow__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɒləʊz/",
                "audio": "sw/swallow/swallows__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɒləʊd/",
                "audio": "sw/swallow/swallowed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɒləʊɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sw/swallow/swallowing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːləʊ/",
                "audio": "sw/swallow/swallow__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːləʊz/",
                "audio": "sw/swallow/swallows__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːləʊd/",
                "audio": "sw/swallow/swallowed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːləʊɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sw/swallow/swallowing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Old English swelgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwelgen and German schwelgen."
}