SHRIKES Antonyms

• any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

• North American songbirds having a yellow breast

• a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

• any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

• any carefree episode

• play boisterously

• any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

• small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

• large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen

• any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

• small brownish European songbird

• a small amount of liquid food

• the act of swallowing

• small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

• engulf and destroy

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• utter unclearly

• take back what one has said

• keep from expressing

• tolerate or accommodate oneself to

• believe or accept without questioning or challenge

• candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults

• a woman who sings popular songs

• songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

• a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song

• a small active songbird

• any of several small active brown birds of the Northern Hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects

• English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)