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Verb
/ˈbrisəl/,
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bristles, plural;
  1. (of hair or fur) Stand upright away from the skin, esp. in anger or fear
    • - the hair on the back of his neck bristled
  2. Make one's hair or fur stand on end
    • - the cat bristled in annoyance
  3. React angrily or defensively, typically by drawing oneself up
    • - she bristled at his rudeness
  4. Be covered with or abundant in
    • - the roof bristled with antennas
Noun
  1. A short stiff hair, typically one of those on an animal's skin, a man's face, or a plant

  2. A stiff animal hair, or a man-made substitute, used to make a brush
    • - a toothbrush with nylon bristles
    • - the heads are made with natural bristle
  1. a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
  2. abound: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
  3. a stiff hair
  4. rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
  5. have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves"
  6. react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
  7. A bristle is a stiff hair or feather. Also used are synthetic materials such as nylon in items such as brooms and sweepers. Bristles are often used to make brushes for cleaning uses, as they are strongly abrasive; common examples include the toothbrush and toilet brush. ...
  8. A stiff or coarse hair; The hair or straws that make up a brush, broom, or similar item; A humorous misspelling of Bristol, in imitation of the local dialect in the English city of that name; To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance
  9. Bristles are either natural (usually hog hair) or artificial (nylon or polyester) working part of a brush.
  10. (BRISTLES) To dream that you or someone else is unshaven signifies success on a social standing.
  11. (Bristles) Animal hair at the end of a brush consisting of a narrow base, a wider body, and a tapering point.
  12. (Bristles) In insects, sclerotized, stout, hairlike projections from the adult cuticle, classified as two main types, larger macrochaetae and smaller microchaetae.
  13. 1. Relatively large, generally stiff, more or less straight hair. (e.g., Navarretia breweri) 2. In Asteraceae, fine, cylindric or minutely flattened pappus element (e.g., Calycoseris parryi) or epidermal outgrowth on the receptacle (e.g., Centaurea solstitialis).
  14. A long or short stiff trichome or hair.
  15. a stiff hair, usually short and blunt [5]
  16. stiff natural hair brush to use for splattering and pouncing or where stiff bristles are needed
  17. Bristles are hedgehog enemies from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
  18. Stiff hairs on a waxworm’s body. (TG)
  19. Short, stiff, coarse animal hair.
  20. A hair-like prickle.