Bristle

Definition:

  • (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
  • (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.
  • (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
  • (v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
  • (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
  • (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
  • (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.

Compare bristle with other words:

bristle vs. bristly

bristle vs. brittle

bristle vs. bristled

bristle vs. chafe

bristle vs. brustle

bristle vs. gristle

bristle vs. verriculate

bristle vs. setigerous

bristle vs. upstare

bristle vs. dustbrush

bristle vs. setiferous

bristle vs. horrent

bristle vs. chaetotaxy

bristle vs. bristlelike

bristle vs. setose

beard vs. bristle

bridle vs. bristle

bristle vs. chaetophorous

bristle vs. styliform

aristate vs. bristle

bristle vs. nailbrush

bristle vs. setaceous

bristle vs. seta

bristle vs. bustle

bristle vs. depilation

bristle vs. smegma

bristle vs. bristling

bristle vs. distance

bristle vs. suspicion

bristle vs. fear

bristle vs. react

barb vs. bristle

awned vs. bristle

awn vs. bristle

acicular vs. bristle

bristle vs. hirsute

bristle vs. ursine

bristle vs. pig

bristle vs. brush

bristle vs. gut