swallow

If you swallow something you make it go through your mouth into your body (down your esophagus to your stomach). We swallow food and drinks.

Example: Young children put small toys in their mouths and sometimes swallow them.

A swallow is a kind of small bird.

A swallow is the amount of food or liquid that goes down the throat at one time.

A swallow is the act of swallowing.

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