Plural of swallow
regular plural
The plural of swallow is swallows.
Forms of swallow
| Singular | swallow /ˈswɒl.əʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | swallows |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Swallows in a sentence
- The cronching echoes in the thick air, which swallows all other sound.2021 July 6, Carrot Quinn, The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry cronch
- He pours it full of OJ and takes a huge swig, swallows, and repeats.2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry swig
- Bank swallows are skimming above the stream, snatching insects, curvetting, rocketing up against the dying light.2011, Guy Vanderhaeghe, chapter 2, in A Good Man, McClelland & Stewart. From the entry curvet
- I steel myself for the reality of no swallows and storefuls of swallow kitsch.2011, Marjorie Sandor, The Late Interiors: A Life Under Construction, →ISBN. From the entry storeful
- Manhattan can be read as a version of Ouroboros, the serpent who swallows its own tail.2008, Elizabeth K. Rosen, Apocalyptic Transformation: Apocalypse and the Postmodern Imagination, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry ouroborosian
Meaning of swallow
- verb To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
- verb To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
- verb 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.
Questions about the plural of swallow
- What is the plural of swallow?
- The plural of swallow is swallows.
- Is swallow countable?
- Swallow is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: swallow (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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