(metaphorical) to claim a life; to be consumed by emotions like loneliness; to be overwhelmed by a situation

The total volume of freight handled by a port within a specific timeframe; handling capacity of a harbor or terminal.

to swallow; to gulp

To illegally take possession of public funds or property belonging to others; to misappropriate or peculate

To take in and send out in large quantities; commonly describes the flow of cargo or passengers through a port or station.

to swallow up; to submerge or cover completely, like waves covering a ship or a forest fire covering a village

To gobble or swallow up; to seize or annex territory or property through force or deceit.

To submit to humiliation or suffer in silence without speaking out; to grin and bear it.

To swallow a thing alive; to devour a living creature whole.

to swallow; to devour; to gulp down

to keep everything for oneself; to monopolize property or benefits that should be shared by others

to devour food ravenously like a wolf and a tiger; to bolt food; gorging

to speak in a hesitant or roundabout way, especially when holding something back or being cautious; to mumble and break off while speaking

describes speaking or acting in an irritatingly slow or sluggish manner

to misappropriate or illegally take possession of something, especially public funds; to pocket or take all of something for oneself

to swallow clouds and blow out fog; to blow cigarette or opium smoke (usually derogatory)

to swallow like a whale; to annex a large amount of territory or embezzle large sums of money

to swallow food greedily or without chewing; to bolt down

To forcibly take over or swallow up territory, land, or property belonging to another person or country; to merge or incorporate.

uncomfortably or exasperatingly slow; describes a sluggish pace in action or speech

Possessing a spirit grand enough to swallow mountains and rivers; describes a heroic presence, great ambition, or an audacious and brash manner

literally to swallow a whole date without chewing; used to describe accepting or absorbing information without thinking, analyzing, or understanding it properly

(idiom) extremely greedy; a snake trying to swallow an elephant. Refers to human greed being insatiable, especially when trying to take on something much larger than oneself.

to swallow and take (usually medicine)

to swallow gold or gold jewelry as a means of committing suicide

a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant; describes extreme greed or someone who is never satisfied with what they have

to absorb or annex; to conquer and destroy another territory or entity

To weep silently or sob without making a sound; often used in literary contexts.

To encroach upon and consume or appropriate; to embezzle or corrode

To seize territory or assets incrementally like a silkworm nibbling leaves, or wholesale like a whale swallowing food; to annex through both gradual encroachment and massive takeover

(idiom) to swallow one's anger and suffer in silence; to restrain one's resentment and not dare to speak out; to submit to humiliation

to seize something illegally; to annex or misappropriate property that belongs to someone else

Describes speaking in a hesitant and indirect manner, as if half-swallowing and half-spitting one's words; to be evasive in speech

to weep in silence; to hide one's grief and resentment by not daring to cry out or speak up

(variant form) to be full of power and majesty; of such grand spirit as to dominate the world

to choke back tears and swallow one's sobs; to suffer in silence without daring to voice one's grief or resentment

A fish large enough to swallow a boat; often used to describe a person who has committed a serious crime and managed to evade the law

to accept information, ready-made ideas, or others' work without understanding or imagination

Describes laws that are so loose or poorly enforced that major criminals can escape punishment; literally, a net large enough to let through a fish that can swallow a boat

to harbor deep resentment or grief while being unable to voice it; to endure insults and injuries in silence

To illegally seize property and cruelly exploit others; to embezzle funds while practicing extortion or usury.

A type of dumpling with a thin flour skin and meat or seafood filling, typically served in soup; primarily a Cantonese term.

to say only a part and leave the rest unsaid, as if swallowing back one's words; to be evasive or hesitant in speech

difficulty swallowing, typically resulting from a medical condition

(biology) the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle

A cell that protects the body by ingesting and destroying foreign matter such as bacteria, viruses, or fungi.

To swallow one's anger or hold one's temper without saying a word; to endure a grievance in silence

to harbor resentment or hatred without being able to express it; to bottle up one's anger

tuna (loanword)