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Bristle

Bristle Meaning & Definition
Bristle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bristle?

[n] a stiff hair
[n] a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
[v] rise up; of animals fur or hair; as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
[v] be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bristle: abound | burst | stand up | uprise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bristle: acuminate | aggravate | anger | annoy | arise | arouse | badger | bait | barb | barbel | be alive | be at | be keen | beard | beaver | bedevil | beset | bite | blow up | boil | boil over | bother | bramble | bridle | bridle up | brier | bristle up | bristle with | bristles | brown off | bug | bullyrag | burn | burn up | burr | cactus | capillament | catchweed | chafe | chivy | cilium | cleavers | coat | cock up | corrugate | crawl | crinkle | crumple | cut | devil | discompose | distemper | disturb | dog | down | embitter | exasperate | exercise | fash | flare up | fleece | flip out | fret | fume | fur | get | get mad | get sore | get up | goatee | goose grass | gripe | hair | harass | harry | have an edge | heckle | hector | horripilate | horsehair | hound | huff | imperial | incense | inflame | irk | irritate | jump up | mane | miff | molest | nag | needle | nettle | nudzh | peach fuzz | peeve | pelt | persecute | pester | pick on | pile | pine needle | pique | plague | pluck the beard | pother | prick | prickle | provoke | pubescence | pubic hair | quill | rage | ramp | rankle | reach boiling point | rear | rear up | ride | rile | rise | rise up | roil | ruffle | rumple | see red | seethe | set on edge | set up | seta | setula | setule | shag | side whiskers | sit bolt upright | sit up | spicule | spiculum | spike | spikelet | spine | stand up | stick | stick up | sticker | sting | stir the blood | stir up | striga | stubble | swarm | tease | teem | thistle | thorn | torment | try the patience | tuft | tweak the nose | upheave | uprear | uprise | Vandyke | vex | whisker | whiskers | wool | work up | worry | wrinkle | yucca

See Also | brush | feature | fiber | fibre | hair | have

Bristle In Webster's Dictionary

\Bris"tle\ (br[i^]s"s'l), n. [OE. bristel, brustel, AS. bristl, byrst; akin to D. borstel, OHG. burst, G. borste, Icel. burst, Sw. borst, and to Skr. bh[.r]shti edge, point, and prob, L. fastigium extremity, Gr. 'a`flaston stern of a ship, and E. brush, burr, perh. to brad. [root]96.] 1. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine. 2. (Bot.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. --Gray.
\Bris"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bristled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bristling}.] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up. Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak. Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak. 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
\Bris"tle\, v. i. 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. His hair did bristle upon his head. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets. --Thackeray. Ports bristling with thousands of masts. --Macaulay. 3. To show defiance or indignation. {To bristle up}, to show anger or defiance.

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