robin

Possessives

nest: Our robin's nest has been busy and Malcolm has been trying to find a way of recording the activity around it.

Converse of object

• hear: When you hear a robin singing you stop what you're doing and listen.
• see: He peered into the box and saw a robin staring back at him!
• include: Unfortunately birds continuing to decline in numbers include robins, jackdaws and tree sparrows.
• have: My sister had 3 tame robins in her garden.
• play: The schools played a round robin in two groups to decide the semi-finalists.

Adjective modifier

• ragged: Another sign of the advancing season is the ragged robin.
• red: My friend often refers to ` the red robin visiting ` .
• American: Thanks to Gale White from Philadelphia for the photo of the American robin.
• young: A pair of young robins, dancing carelessly, entwined in the spirit of the calming breeze.
• European: The photo of the European robin is copyright CRS Photography.
• little: Especially pleased was the little robin who enjoyed the music, company and crumbs so much he refused to leave!

Modifies a noun

• redbreast: The lady put a tame robin redbreast under a dish on the table.
• hood: Feel like robin hood, only without the tights.
• v: THIS WEEK AT THE ABBEY: ROBINS v READING!
• tournament: The Grand Finale came on Saturday starting with a round robin fun tennis tournament.
• competition: The day began at 1pm with the sun beating down and mixed doubles teams took part in a round robin competition.
• format: This took the round robin format, 1 game to 15.

Noun used with modifier

• magpie: Star billing goes to the magpie robin, seventh rarest bird in the world, for whom Frégate was once the last refuge.
• round: The groups of three were played on a round robin basis with all frames being played in the first two matches.