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bristle

('br/I/s/@/l )

a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a stiff hair(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.(noun)

source: webster1913

be in a state of movement or action(verb.stative)

Example:
The garden bristled with toddlers.

Synonym:
abound, burst

source: wordnet30
rise up as in fear(verb.motion)

Example:
The dog's fur bristled.

Synonym:
stand up, uprise

source: wordnet30
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles(verb.stative)

source: wordnet30
react in an offended or angry manner(verb.cognition)

Example:
He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program.

source: wordnet30
To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.(verb)

source: webster1913
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.(verb)

source: webster1913

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