| pulley-block | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. block, pulley, pulley block, pulley-block | a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope. |
| ~ block and tackle | pulley blocks with associated rope or cable. |
| ~ bullock block, bollock | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast. |
| ~ fairlead | a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing. |
| ~ idle pulley, idle wheel, idler pulley | a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it. |
| ~ simple machine, machine | a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point. |
| ingest | | |
| v. (consumption) | 1. consume, have, ingest, take, take in | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ hit | consume to excess.; "hit the bottle" |
| ~ cannibalise, cannibalize | eat human flesh. |
| ~ habituate, use | take or consume (regularly or habitually).; "She uses drugs rarely" |
| ~ eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ drink, imbibe | take in liquids.; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" |
| ~ booze, drink, fuddle | consume alcohol.; "We were up drinking all night" |
| ~ partake, touch | consume.; "She didn't touch her food all night" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ replete, sate, satiate, fill | fill to satisfaction.; "I am sated" |
| ~ sample, taste, try, try out | take a sample of.; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" |
| ~ suck in, sop up, take up, take in | take up as if with a sponge. |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| ~ do drugs, drug | use recreational drugs. |
| ~ swallow, get down | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking.; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" |
| ~ sup | take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in | take up mentally.; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" |
| ~ larn, learn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills.; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" |
| ~ imbibe | receive into the mind and retain.; "Imbibe ethical principles" |
| swallow | | |
| n. (food) | 1. sup, swallow | a small amount of liquid food.; "a sup of ale" |
| ~ mouthful, taste | a small amount eaten or drunk.; "take a taste--you'll like it" |
| n. (act) | 2. deglutition, drink, swallow | the act of swallowing.; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" |
| ~ consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). |
| ~ aerophagia | swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence). |
| ~ gulp, swig, draught, draft | a large and hurried swallow.; "he finished it at a single gulp" |
| ~ sip | a small drink. |
| n. (animal) | 3. swallow | small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations. |
| ~ oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus. |
| ~ barn swallow, hirundo rustica, chimney swallow | common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.. |
| ~ cliff swallow, hirundo pyrrhonota | North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls. |
| ~ hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow | of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities. |
| ~ iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities. |
| ~ martin | any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas. |
| v. (consumption) | 4. get down, swallow | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking.; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" |
| ~ ingest, consume, have, take in, take | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ bolt | swallow hastily. |
| v. (competition) | 5. swallow | engulf and destroy.; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries" |
| ~ demolish, destroy | defeat soundly.; "The home team demolished the visitors" |
| v. (contact) | 6. bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| v. (communication) | 7. swallow | utter indistinctly.; "She swallowed the last words of her speech" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (communication) | 8. swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw | take back what one has said.; "He swallowed his words" |
| ~ repudiate, disown, renounce | cast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. swallow | keep from expressing.; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet" |
| ~ repress, suppress | put out of one's consciousness. |
| v. (cognition) | 10. accept, live with, swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to.; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" |
| ~ brook, endure, tolerate, abide, stomach, bear, digest, stick out, put up, suffer, stand, support | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. swallow | believe or accept without questioning or challenge.; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
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