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English to English noun
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a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic |  | source: wordnet30
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a stiff hair | | source: wordnet30
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A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine. | | source: webster1913 verb
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be in a state of movement or action | | Example: The room abounded with screaming children
The garden bristled with toddlers
source: wordnet30
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rise up as in fear | | Example: The dog's fur bristled
It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
source: wordnet30
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have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles | | Example: bristling leaves
source: wordnet30
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react in an offended or angry manner | | Example: He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program
source: wordnet30
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To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up. | | source: webster1913
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To rise or stand erect, like bristles. | | source: webster1913
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