Found 3 items, similar to Bristling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: bristle
bulu
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bristle
bristle
v 1: be in a state of movement or action;
“The room abounded with
screaming children”;
“The garden bristled with toddlers”
[syn:
abound,
burst]
2: rise up as in fear;
“The dog's fur bristled”;
“It was a
sight to make one's hair uprise!” [syn:
uprise,
stand up
]
bristle
n 1: a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or
synthetic
2: a stiff hair
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bristling
Bristle
\Bris"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bristled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Bristling.]
1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the
bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
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Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty
Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak.
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Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak.
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2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
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