| NOUN | artifact | bristle | a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament) |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | bristle | a stiff hair | |
| VERB | stative | bristle, abound, burst | be in a state of movement or action |
| motion | bristle, uprise, stand up | rise up as in fear | |
| stative | bristle | have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles | |
| cognition | bristle | react in an offended or angry manner |
| Sounds | brih'sahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | brush | An implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle |
| Broader | fiber, fibre | A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn |
| Spanish | cerda | |
| Catalan | cerra | |
| Adjectives | bristly | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
| Meaning | A stiff hair. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | hair | A filamentous projection / projection or process on an organism |
| Spanish | cerda | |
| Catalan | cerra | |
| Verbs | bristle | rise up as in fear |
| Meaning | Be in a state of movement or action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The streets bristle with crowds | |
| Example | "The garden bristled with toddlers" | |
| Synonyms | abound, burst | |
| Broader | have, feature | Have as a feature |
| Spanish | abundar, explotar | |
| Catalan | abundar, explotar | |
| Meaning | Rise up as in fear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The dog's fur bristled" | |
| Synonyms | uprise, stand up | |
| Spanish | erizarse, erizar | |
| Catalan | eriçar-se | |
| Nouns | bristle | a stiff hair |
| Meaning | Have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Broader | have, feature | Have as a feature |
| Meaning | react in an offended or angry manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program" | |
| Broader | react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
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