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bris·tle
I. \ˈbrisəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English bristil, brustel, from brust bristle, from Old English byrst; akin to Old High German burst, borst, bristle, Old Norse burst bristle, Latin fastigium top, extremity, Sanskrit bhṛṣṭi spike, point
1. : a short stiff coarse hair
2. : something resembling a bristle: as
a. : any of various animal structures similar to hair (as a small fine feather)
b. : the stiff short hair of a plant
c. : the manufactured material used in the face of a hairbrush
II. verb
(bristled ; bristled ; bristling \-s(ə)liŋ, -lēŋ\ ; bristles)
intransitive verb
1. : to rise or stand stiff or erect like bristles
< a dragon with fierce eyes and scales bristling in defiance — T.B.Costain >
< the points of his silvery mustache bristled aggressively — D.G.Geraghty >
2.
a. of an animal : to raise the bristles (as in anger)
< the dog bristled as the stranger approached >
b. of a person : to assume an aggressive appearance or attitude
< I was a little annoyed and bristled slightly — A.W.Long >
< that sort of antagonism which makes men bristle — Francis Hackett >
3.
a. : to become covered with many closely assembled objects thrusting as if aggressively straight upward
< the riverbank bristles with factories — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
< a hundred-room house … its roof bristling with chimneys — New Yorker >
b. : to be very noticeably full of a particular kind of thing — usually used with with
< his rucksack bristling with test tubes — E.E.Shipton >
< articles which bristled with dark insinuations — Ruth P.Randall >
< bristled with … enthusiasm — J.C.Trewin >
< speeches … bristling with quotations and citations — Van Wyck Brooks >
transitive verb
1. : to erect like bristles — sometimes used with up
< a cock bristling up his crest >
2. : to furnish with bristles : attach bristles to
3. : to make bristly : ruffle
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English brystyllen
dialect Britain : to scorch or parch especially in cooking |