Found 3 items, similar to bristle.
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: Bristle 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. [1913 Webster] Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread. [1913 Webster] Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. i. 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster] His hair did bristle upon his head. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster] The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Ports bristling with thousands of masts. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. To show defiance or indignation. [1913 Webster] To bristle up, to show anger or defiance. [1913 Webster] Bristle \Bris"tle\ (br[i^]s"s'l), n. [OE. bristel, brustel, AS. bristl, byrst; akin to D. borstel, OHG. burst, G. borste, Icel. burst, Sw. borst, and to Skr. bh[.r]shti edge, point, and prob, L. fastigium extremity, Gr. 'a`flaston stern of a ship, and E. brush, burr, perh. to brad. [root]96.] 1. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. --Gray. [1913 Webster]