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Meaning bristle meaning

What does bristle mean?
Definitions in simple English

bristle Noun

— A bristle is a stiff or coarse hair. the bristles of a pig — Bristles are the hair or straws that make up a brush, broom, or similar item.

bristle Verb

— If someone bristles, they are on guard to react with fear, suspicion, or distance. The employees bristled at the prospect of working through the holidays.

bristle

— noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic — verb (= abound) be in a state of movement or action The room abounded with screaming children The garden bristled with toddlers — verb (= uprise) rise up as in fear The dog's fur bristled It was a sight to make one's hair uprise! — noun a stiff hair — verb react in an offended or angry manner He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program — verb have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles bristling leaves

Synonyms bristle synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bristle?

bristle English » English

stubble stand on end uprise stand up seta hair burst bridle up abound whiskers unbend tousled tipsiness thorn thistle strand of hair straighten stiff hair stand erect spine ruffled ruffle rise up reek quill prickle plume horripillate horripilate grow thickly get angry fuzz fur drunkenness coat bristles bristle at brier body hair beard be stirred up be full animal hair

Topics bristle topics

What do people use bristle to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry

Conjugation bristle conjugation

How do you conjugate bristle?

bristle · verb

Examples bristle examples

How do I use bristle in a sentence?

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Boy, bristle thy courage up.
I haven't even begun to bristle.
Don't bristle so. I'm on a mission, and if I don't leave here alive, you know what'll happen to you.
And once we've attacked it. The whole place will bristle with guns.
It's armoured in a thick layer of bristle that can't be penetrated by a rifle shot unless it's fired from underneath it.
Bristle Blocks?
Some things that, uh, that she's done have really made me. me bristle.
Revolting bristle!
After knife sticking, pigs are shackled, suspended on a bleed-rail and immersed in scalding tanks to remove their bristle.
We love the feeling, we bristle hairs.
Dr. Green, we can match every bristle to every scratch, not to mention the blood.
Malevolent to you in all aspects, which makes him prune himself and bristle up the crest of youth against your dignity.
Husband. bristle thy courage up.
Sara, don't bristle. Did I mention Cary?
Do you know that when I get angry even the fur on my ermine cloak starts to bristle?
Now you bristle.
I'd put on a little bristle here and a bristle there. and sort of. turned myself into a porcupine.
This handmade brush from pure natural bristle I could handout to you for just 28.50 Mark.
A bad experience with lip bristle. The memory of it recently resurfaced.
Could you lean back, we can see your lip bristle.
No, it's not as if your lip has bristle.
It was dyed, hard to see, but when I kissed her I felt the bristle. It was there.
Just thinking of the bristle brings it back.
We went to see this therapist who specializes in couples facing unique challenges be it the disparity of backgrounds, religion, lip bristle.
It is a bristle, it goes with the Germans.
Sara, don't bristle.
Some animals bristle out their fur to frighten their enemies.
You see, you've got the choice -- horsehair, hog bristle, or badger hair.
That droopy-eyed, weak-looking, bristle-headed promiscuous-looking donut freak of a man?
A bad experience with lip bristle.

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