Sparrow vs. Swallow

Sparrownoun

The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.

Sparrownoun

A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.

Sparrownoun

A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.

Sparrownoun

Generically, any small, nondescript bird.

Sparrownoun

A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow.

Sparrownoun

One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligæ, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.

Sparrownoun

Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.

Sparrownoun

any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

Sparrownoun

small brownish European songbird

Swallowverb

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

Swallowverb

(transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

Swallowverb

(intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

Swallowverb

(transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

Swallowverb

(intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

Swallowverb

(transitive) To retract; to recant.

Swallowverb

(transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

Swallownoun

(archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

Swallownoun

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

Swallownoun

(Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

Swallownoun

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

Swallownoun

(nautical) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Swallownoun

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, 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.

Swallownoun

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

Swallownoun

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Swallownoun

The act of swallowing.

Swallownoun

The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.

Swallownoun

Taste; relish; inclination; liking.

Swallownoun

Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

Swallownoun

As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.

Swallownoun

That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

Swallowverb

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

Swallowverb

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

Swallowverb

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

Swallowverb

To engross; to appropriate; - usually with up.

Swallowverb

To occupy; to take up; to employ.

Swallowverb

To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

Swallowverb

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

Swallowverb

To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.

Swallowverb

To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.

Swallownoun

a small amount of liquid food;

Swallownoun

the act of swallowing;

Swallownoun

small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

Swallowverb

pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;

Swallowverb

engulf and destroy;

Swallowverb

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

Swallowverb

utter indistinctly;

Swallowverb

take back what one has said;

Swallowverb

keep from expressing;

Swallowverb

tolerate or accommodate oneself to;

Swallowverb

believe or accept without questioning or challenge;

Swallow

The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance.