Main entry: bristle
Definition: a stiff hair
Main entry: bristle
Definition: a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
Main entry: bristle
Definition: react in an offended or angry manner
Usage: He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program
Main entry: uprise, bristle, stand up
Definition: rise up as in fear
Usage: The dog's fur bristled; It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
Main entry: bristle
Definition: have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
Usage: bristling leaves
Main entry: bristle, burst, abound
Definition: be in a state of movement or action
Usage: The room abounded with screaming children; The garden bristled with toddlers