- 4. Brook, stomach, pocket, endure, bear, put up with, stand, submit to.
- 5. Renounce, retract, recant, take back.
- 6. Consume, exhaust, waste, use up.
- 7. Engross, appropriate, arrogate.
- 8. Occupy, employ, use up, consume.
- 9. Engross, engage completely.
Swallow, n.
- 1. Throat, gullet, œsophagus.
- 2. Voracity, gluttonous appetite.
- 3. Taste, relish, inclination, liking, palate.
- 4. Mouthful, taste, little drink, draught.
Swallow-fish, n. (Ich.) Sapphirine gurnard.
Swallow-tail, n.
- 1. (Mach.) Dove-tail.
- 2. (Fort.) Priest-cap.
Swallow up. Absorb, engulf, destroy, swallow, suck in, suck up.
Swamp, n. Bog, fen, quagmire, morass, marsh, slough, marish, spongy land, soft and wet ground.
Swamp, v. a.
- 1. Engulf, sink, whelm, swallow up.
- 2. (Naut.) Upset, overset, sink, whelm, capsize.
- 3. Plunge into difficulties, sink, wreck, ruin, run aground, embarrass.