吞
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Definitions
- 1. to swallow
- 2. to take
Words Containing 吞
to swallow
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
to swallow up
to annex
to annex
to devour
to take in and send out (in large quantities)
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
to swallow
phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)
phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
dysphagia (medicine)
tuna (loanword)
tuna (loanword)
to swallow
to embezzle
to absorb
Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script
to swallow semen
to swallow one's cries
see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[rěn qì tūn shēng]
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
(linguistics) elision
to devour
belching and acid swallowing (medical term)
putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term)
to swallow whole
to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
macrophage
microphage (a type of white blood cell)
Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
very slow
very slow
tepid; lukewarm
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
to hog
to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
to misappropriate (public funds etc)
lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
wonton
to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)