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bristle
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Word definitions for bristle in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: abound , burst ] rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: uprise , stand ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English byrst "bristle," with metathesis of -r- , from Proto-Germanic *bursti- (cognates: Middle Dutch borstel , German borste ), from PIE *bhrsti- from root *bhars- "point, bristle" (cognates: Sanskrit bhrstih "point, spike"). With -el , diminutive ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bristle \Bris"tle\ (br[i^]s"s'l), n. [OE. bristel, brustel, AS. bristl, byrst; akin to D. borstel, OHG. burst, G. borste, Icel. burst, Sw. borst, and to Skr. bh[.r]shti edge, point, and prob, L. fastigium extremity, Gr. 'a`flaston stern of a ship, ...
Usage examples of bristle.
The bilobed leaf, with the midrib likewise tipped with a bristle, stands in the midst of these projections, and is evidently defended by them.
Sharpened stakes were stuck in the sides of the ramparts, so that the compound bristled, like some great hedgehog of wood and mud.
The youthful, red-haired ruler of England and Normandy was not overly tall, but he bristled with a fierce energy that, in addition to his broad shoulders and powerful body and booming voice, gave him a commanding presence second to none.
Christie appeared to take it as an adverse comment, however, and bristled slightly.
Savage and his men, surrounded completely now, formed a tight ring, a circlet that bristled with the razorsharp steel thorns of their knives.
The head is round, the lips thick and bristled with moustaches, the body is elongated, and the tail terminated by a crescent-shaped flapper.
Dark fur bristled across his brow as he reached down and lifted the disk with his fingers.
The masts of hundreds of longships bristled from the waters of Iron Bay.
Daryth held the dogs silent, although their hackles bristled at the approach of the strangers.
The big male, he noticed, bristled aggressively and began to move forward, but even his bearing bespoke fear.
As Grunnarch tried to assemble the force, vines and creepers that bristled with thorns sprouted from the ground between his men.
Thousands upon thousands the cones bristled, pyramiding to the base of one tremendous spire that tapered up almost to the top of the shaft itself.
Thickly the head bristled with them, poised motionless upon spinning globes as huge as they.
Set on edge by such casual firsthand reference to Fellowship resources and magecraft, he bristled, his unease lent preternatural spin by the spell-charged effects of the wine.
Braggen, his heavy brows bristled, and his short, scrappy steps reflecting a pique like dammed magma.