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reswallow

reswallow verb: to swallow again.

Verb

reswallow (third-person singular simple present reswallows, present participle reswallowing, simple past and past participle reswallowed)

  1. To swallow again.
    • She has made a habit of rechewing and reswallowing the regurgitated food but will spit it out when the regurgitant is bitter or sour.2011, Practical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Forms of reswallow

third-person singular presentreswallows
present participlereswallowing
past participlereswallowed
pastreswallowed

Origin of reswallow

From re- + swallow.

Questions about reswallow

What does reswallow mean?
Reswallow means to swallow again.
What part of speech is reswallow?
Reswallow is a verb.
What is the past tense of reswallow?
The past tense of reswallow is reswallowed.

Words near reswallow in the dictionary

  1. resveretrol
  2. reswage
  3. reswaged
  4. reswages
  5. reswaging
  6. reswallow
  7. reswallowed
  8. reswallowing
  9. reswallows
  10. reswam
  11. reswarm

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