bristle
bri
ˈbrÉĒ
bri
stle
səl
sēl
/bɚˈÉĒsə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bristle"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āϚ⧁āϞ, āĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϞ⧋āĻŽ

a short, thick, coarse hair growing naturally on an animal or person
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He felt the bristles of his unshaven chin.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĨ⧁āϤāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž āϚ⧁āϞ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻŽ, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āϤāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁

a stiff, coarse fiber, natural or synthetic, used in brushes or similar tools
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The paintbrush 's bristles were made of nylon.
āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āύāĻžāχāϞāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋

to react in an angry, aggressive, or defensive manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her comments made him bristle with irritation.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ–āĻŋāρāĻšā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ—āĻŋāϜāĻ—āĻŋāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be filled or crowded with a large number of something
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city bristled with armed guards.
āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to react or respond with anger, irritation, or indignation, often by stiffening or erecting hairs or bristles on the body
Intransitive
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āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to be thickly covered with or as if with stiff hairs or spines
Intransitive: to bristle with sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cactus bristled with sharp spines.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

bristlelike
bristly
bristle
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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