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"The dog's fur bristled"verbrise up as in fear
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"The garden bristled with toddlers"verbbe in a state of movement or action
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nouna stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
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nouna stiff hairtype of:
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verbhave or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
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"He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"verbreact in an offended or angry manner
Definition that contains bristle
- arista bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies
- trichomanes bristle ferns; kidney ferns
- genus trichomanes bristle ferns; kidney ferns