bristle

Definition of bristle

Nouns

a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
Type of:
fiber, fibre
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
a stiff hair
Type of:
hair
a filamentous projection or process on an organism

Verbs

be in a state of movement or action
"The garden bristled with toddlers"
Synonyms:
abound, burst
Type of:
feature, have
have as a feature
rise up as in fear
"The dog's fur bristled"
Synonyms:
stand up, uprise
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
Type of:
feature, have
have as a feature
react in an offended or angry manner
"He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
Type of:
react, respond
show a response or a reaction to something

Vocabulary Lists for bristle

GRE Super 4800 Plus »(4851 words)
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
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  • incommodious
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Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 29-43 »(113 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
  • amputate
  • addle
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  • rummage
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George Orwell's 1984" Part 1 (comprehensive) »(2491 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
  • newspeak
  • prole
  • Big Brother
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Sophocles's Oedipus the King »(656 words)
  • suppliant
  • adjure
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  • slay
  • suborn

George Orwell's "1984" Part 1 »(312 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "1984" (Part...
  • alterable
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  • abbreviate
  • indoctrinate
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Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain" Chapter 1 »(262 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Frazier's "Cold...
  • ramrod
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  • nib
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  • daguerreotype

William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 7-12 »(172 words)
Vocabulary study list for William Golding's "Lord of...
  • ensconce
  • refocus
  • uncommunicative
  • identifiable
  • illusive

John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" Chapters 17-20 »(113 words)
Vocabulary study list for John Steinbeck's "Grapes of...
  • feral
  • crumple
  • epaulet
  • protrude
  • inevitability

Words that contain bristle

bristle at
 bristle brush
 bristle fern
 bristle grass
 bristle-pointed
 bristle up
 bristlecone fir
 bristlecone pine
 bristled
 bristlegrass
 bristlelike
 bristletail
 glaucous bristlegrass
 green bristlegrass
 hare's-foot bristle fern
 jumping bristletail
 Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
 rough bristlegrass
 yellow bristle grass