What does SWALLOW mean?

verb

1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking“Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!”
2. engulf and destroy“The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries”
3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing“The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”
4. utter indistinctly“She swallowed the last words of her speech”
5. take back what one has said“He swallowed his words”
6. keep from expressing“I swallowed my anger and kept quiet”
7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to“I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions”
8. believe or accept without questioning or challenge“Am I supposed to swallow that story?”