Deglutition: alternatives and connections

The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

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The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

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The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

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To take into the hand; to take up; to help.

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Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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The act of drawing or pulling

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To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.

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To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.

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To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.

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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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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 h…

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