'Bristle' definitions:
Definition of 'bristle'
(from WordNet)
noun
A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
noun
A stiff hair
verb
Be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: abound, burst, bristle]
verb
Rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand up]
verb
Have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves"
verb
React in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
Definition of 'Bristle'
From: GCIDE
- Bristle \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bristle'
From: GCIDE
- Bristle \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. [1913 Webster]
- Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bristle'
From: GCIDE
- Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. i.
- 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster]
- His hair did bristle upon his head. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster]
- The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- Ports bristling with thousands of masts. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To show defiance or indignation. [1913 Webster]
- To bristle up, to show anger or defiance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bristle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Bristle'
- Bristled,
- Bristling,
- To bristle up,
- bristle at,
- bristle up,
- bristle with,
- bristle brush,
- bristle fern,
- bristle grass,
- Bristle-pointed,
- Bristle-shaped,
- yellow bristle grass,
- hare's-foot bristle fern,
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