# swallowing

Pronunciation: US say "SWAH-loh-ing" /ˈswɑl.oʊ.ɪŋ/; UK say "SWOL-oh-ing" /ˈswɒl.əʊ.ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of moving food, drink, or saliva from the mouth through the throat and into the stomach.
   - Simple: The act of moving food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.
   - _Difficulty with swallowing can make eating a slow and careful process._
   - _Speech therapists assess swallowing in patients recovering from throat surgery._

## Verb

2. Present participle of swallow. — present participle and gerund of swallow
   - Simple: Present participle of swallow. Use this -ing form when the action is happening right now.
   - _The patient was swallowing with great difficulty after the operation._
   - _Swallowing too fast, he started to choke on a piece of bread._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/swallowing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).