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1. (n.) bristle
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, esp. hogs, used in making brushes.
2. bristle
anything resembling these hairs.
3. (v.i.) bristle
to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles.
4. bristle
to erect the bristles, as an irritated animal.
5. bristle
to become rigid with anger or irritation.
6. bristle
to be thickly set with something suggestive of bristles:
The plain bristled with bayonets.
7. (v.t.) bristle
to erect like bristles.
8. bristle
to furnish with bristles.
9. bristle
to make bristly.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME bristel)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bristle
a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
2. (verb) bristle
a stiff hair
3. (verb) abound, burst, bristle
be in a state of movement or action
"The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
4. (verb) bristle, uprise, stand up
rise up as in fear
"The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
5. (verb) bristle
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
"bristling leaves"
6. (verb) bristle
react in an offended or angry manner
"He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) bristle
a short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine
2. (noun) bristle
a stiff, sharp, roundish hair
3. (verb) bristle
to erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up
4. (verb) bristle
to fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread
5. (verb) bristle
to rise or stand erect, like bristles
6. (verb) bristle
to appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles
7. (verb) bristle
to show defiance or indignation
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Sense: a short, stiff hair on an animal or brush
The dog's bristles rose when it was angry.
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 Afrikaans: steekhaar, borselhaar |
 Arabic: شَعْرٌ خَشِنُ |
 Bulgarian: козина |
 Brazilian: pelo |
 Czech: chlup,štětina |
 German: die Borste |
 Danish: børste; børstehår |
 Greek: σκληρή τρίχα ζώου ή βούρτ |
 Spanish: cerda |
 Estonian: harjas |
 Farsi: موی کوتاه و زبر |
 Finnish: harjas |
 French: poil |
 Hebrew: זִיף |
 Hindi: सूअर का बाल |
 Croatian: čekinja |
 Hungarian: sörte |
 Indonesian: rambut atau bulu yang pen |
 Italian: pelo; setola |
 Japanese: 剛毛 |
 Korean: 강모 |
 Lithuanian: šerys, šeriai |
 Latvian: sari |
 Malay: bulu kejur |
 Dutch: borstelhaar, stoppelhaar |
 Norwegian: bust |
 Polish: szczecina, sierść |
 Persian: موی کوتاه و زبر |
 Pashto: ځیګ او لنډ ویښته |
 Portuguese: pelo |
 Romanian: păr; blană; ţep |
 Russian: щетина |
 Slovak: chlp |
 Slovenian: kocina |
 Serbian: dlaka |
 Swedish: ragg, borst |
 Thai: ขนแข็งของสัตว์หรือแปรง |
 Turkish: sert kıl |
 Taiwanese: 短而硬的毛(動物或刷子) |
 Ukrainian: щетина |
 Urdu: جانوروں کے سخت بال |
 Vietnamese: lông cứng |
 Chinese: （动物或刷子）短而硬的毛 |
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