swal·low

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.
• intransitive verb To put up with (something unpleasant).
• intransitive verb To refrain from expressing; suppress.
• intransitive verb To envelop or engulf.
• intransitive verb To consume or use up.
• intransitive verb Slang To believe without question.
• intransitive verb To take back; retract.
• intransitive verb To say inarticulately; mumble.
• intransitive verb To perform the act of swallowing.
• noun The act of swallowing.
• noun An amount swallowed.
• noun Nautical The channel through which a rope runs in a block or a mooring chock.
• noun Any of various small graceful swift-flying passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a usually notched or forked tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects.
• noun Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.