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