Bristle definition
To make bristly; ruffle.
verb
To stand stiffly on end like bristles.
The hair on the dog's neck bristled.
verb
To raise the bristles.
The cat bristled at the sight of the large dog.
verb
A stiff hair.
noun
A stiff hairlike structure.
The bristles of a wire brush.
noun
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To react in an angry or offended manner.
The author bristled at the suggestion of plagiarism.
verb
To be covered or thick with or as if with bristles.
The path bristled with thorns.
verb
To cause to stand erect like bristles; stiffen.
verb
To furnish or supply with bristles.
verb
Any short, stiff, prickly hair of an animal or plant.
noun
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To become stiff and erect, like bristles.
verb
To have the bristles become erect, as in fear or irritation.
verb
To show strong anger, irritation, outrage, etc. as by a stiffening of the body.
verb
To be thickly covered (with)
The battlefield bristled with guns.
verb
To cause to stand up like bristles.
verb
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To put bristles on or in.
verb
To make bristly.
verb
A stiff hair.
noun
To stand stiffly on end like bristles.
The hair on the dog's neck bristled.
verb
A stiff hairlike structure.
The bristles of a wire brush.
noun
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The definition of a bristle is a stiff hair.
An example of a bristle is the pointy part of a stiff hairbrush.
noun
Bristle means to stand like a stiff hair or to show anger.
An example of to bristle is for a cat's fur to stand straight up when scared.
verb
Any of the hairs of a hog or of some other animals, used for brushes.
noun
Such a hair, or an artificial hair like it, in a brush.
noun
Origin of bristle
- Middle English bristel probably from Old English byrstel from byrst bristle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition