Definition of "swallows" [swallows]

• Plural form of swallow. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swallow. (verb)

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• "I took several slow swallows from the dead man's canteen."
• "It was in the air – in the faded cretonne of the room, in the grey flashes of the swallows from the eaves of the house, in the leafless boughs etched delicately against the orange light of the sky."
• "– The chimney-swallows have come in their usual large numbers, and our summer flock of swallows is now complete."