swallow
/ˈswɒləʊ/verb
उच्चारण स्वॉलो
निगलना; मान लेना; दबा लेना
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[T, I]
to make food, drink, go down your throat into your stomach; to accept that something is true; to hide your feelings; to use up a large amount of something
निगलना; मान लेना; दबा लेना
- Swallow the tablet.
- swallow your pride
- The child found it hard to swallow the bitter syrup.
+ 3 more examples
- It was difficult to swallow the idea that we had lost.
- She swallowed her anger and kept quiet.
- Rising rents swallow most of his salary.
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[C]
a small bird with long pointed wings and a tail with two points
अबाबील (पक्षी); घूँट
- One swallow does not make a summer.
- A swallow built its nest under our balcony.
- Swallows return to the village every spring.
+ 2 more examples
- A swallow flew low over the pond.
- Swallows catch insects while they fly.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
swallow sth (verb, food or drink)
To swallow is to send food or drink down the throat. The object is the food, pill or drink.
'Swallow' का अर्थ भोजन या पेय को गले से नीचे उतारना है। Object भोजन, गोली या पेय होता है।
- Swallow the tablet with water.
- He swallowed the juice in one gulp.
swallow (intransitive)
Without an object, swallow means to make the throat muscles move, often from fear or nervousness.
बिना object के 'swallow' का अर्थ गले की मांसपेशियों को हिलाना है, प्रायः डर या घबराहट में।
- Radhika swallowed hard before she began her speech.
swallow sth (believe / accept)
Informally, swallow means to believe or accept something, sometimes foolishly. 'Swallow your pride' means to accept an embarrassing thing.
अनौपचारिक रूप में 'swallow' का अर्थ किसी बात पर विश्वास करना या उसे स्वीकार करना है, कभी-कभी मूर्खतावश। 'Swallow your pride' का अर्थ शर्मिंदगी वाली बात स्वीकार करना है।
- He swallowed the excuse without a question.
- She swallowed her pride and asked for help.
a swallow (noun, bird / act)
A swallow is a small bird with a forked tail, and also one act of swallowing. Both are countable.
'Swallow' काँटेदार पूँछ वाली छोटी चिड़िया है, और निगलने की एक क्रिया भी। दोनों countable हैं।
- A swallow built a nest under our roof.
- He took a swallow of water.
swallow vs. gulp / sip
Swallow is the general word. Gulp is to swallow fast and noisily, and sip is to drink in small amounts.
'Swallow' सामान्य शब्द है। 'Gulp' तेज़ी से और आवाज़ के साथ निगलना है और 'sip' थोड़ा-थोड़ा पीना।
- He gulped his tea.
- She sipped her coffee slowly.
+Collocations 4
swallow + noun
a pillfoodwateran insultyour pridea lie
- He had to swallow the insult and stay silent.
adverb + swallow
hardnervouslyquicklyslowlypainfullywhole
- The patient could not swallow easily.
difficult to + swallow
hard toeasy todifficult tounable toforced to
- The new rule was hard to swallow.
swallow + up
up the profitsup the landup the savingsup the village
- Floods swallowed up the entire village.
“More examples 6
- The child swallowed a coin by mistake and was taken to hospital.
बच्चे ने ग़लती से एक सिक्का निगल लिया और उसे अस्पताल ले जाया गया।
- Radhika swallowed her anger and answered politely.
राधिका ने अपना क्रोध पी लिया और विनम्रता से उत्तर दिया।
- The swallows return to our village every spring.
अबाबील हर वसंत में हमारे गाँव लौट आती हैं।
- He did not swallow the story about the lost bag.
उसने खोए हुए बैग की कहानी पर विश्वास नहीं किया।
- Rising costs have swallowed up all our savings.
बढ़ते ख़र्चों ने हमारी सारी बचत निगल ली है।
- She swallowed a mouthful of water and began to sing.
उसने एक घूँट पानी निगला और गाना शुरू कर दिया।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He has swallowed a coin yesterday.
✓ He swallowed a coin yesterday.
A finished time such as yesterday needs the past simple, not the present perfect.
'Yesterday' जैसे बीते समय के साथ past simple आता है, present perfect नहीं।
¶Idioms 2
one swallow does not make a summer
one good sign or event does not mean that a situation will continue or improve
एक अच्छे संकेत से पूरा नतीजा तय नहीं होता
- One good result is encouraging, but one swallow does not make a summer.
- The shares rose today, but one swallow doesn't make a summer.
be hard/difficult to swallow
(of a statement or situation) to be difficult to believe or accept
मानने या स्वीकार करने में कठिन होना
- His excuse was a bit hard to swallow.
- The sudden defeat was difficult to swallow for the whole team.
→Phrasal verbs 1
swallow sb/sth up
to make something disappear; to use up something completely
(किसी चीज़ को) निगल जाना, अपने में समा लेना; (पैसा आदि) पूरा ख़र्च कर देना
- Small farms are being swallowed up by large companies.
- Rent swallows up most of my salary.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Swallow your pride (accept something humiliating), a bitter pill to swallow (something unpleasant you have to accept), one swallow does not make a summer (one good event does not mean that things will improve), hard to swallow (difficult to believe).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: swallow your pride (अपमानजनक बात स्वीकार करना, अभिमान त्यागना), a bitter pill to swallow (स्वीकारनी पड़ने वाली अप्रिय बात, कड़वा घूँट), one swallow does not make a summer (एक अच्छी घटना का अर्थ यह नहीं कि सब सुधर जाएगा), hard to swallow (विश्वास करने में कठिन)।