To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one’s opinions.

To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb –
usually followed by up.

To occupy; to take up; to employ.

To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without
examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.

To take into the stomach; to receive through the
gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the
family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail
is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the
swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.

i. kırlangıç; yudum. It looks like a swallow. (Kırlangıca benziyor.)

Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the
true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney
swallow, or swift.

To engross; to appropriate; – usually with up.