bristle

Meaning of bristle

noun

a short, stiff hair on an animal's skin or a man's face.

verb
  1. (of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin, typically as a sign of anger or fear.
    the hair on the back of his neck bristled
  2. be covered with or abundant in.
    the roof bristled with antennae

Middle English: from Old English byrst (of Germanic origin, related to German Borste ) + -le1.

Information about bristle

  • The plural form of bristle is: bristles.
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Hyphenation of bristle

bris-tle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • bristle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bristle synonyms

Meaning abound:

abound, burst

Meaning uprise:

uprise

Meaning any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals:

hair

Meaning a long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals:

whisker

Meaning the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested:

stubble

Meaning a stiff structure resembling a hair or a bristle, especially in an invertebrate:

seta

Meaning move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up:

rise

Meaning undergo horripilation, in which the hairs stand erect from the body due to cold, fear, or excitement:

horripilate

Meaning (of flying insects) move in or form a swarm:

swarm

Meaning be full of or swarming with:

teem

Meaning move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground:

crawl

Meaning (especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle:

overflow

Meaning make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee:

hum

Translation of bristle

Anagrams of bristle

blister, riblets

Words that rhyme with bristle

Ballycastle, Castle, Greencastle, Newcastle, Oldcastle, bastle, cardcastle, castle, discastle, forecastle, newcastle, rastle, sandcastle, sterncastle, summercastle, topcastle, uncastle, wrastle, Nestle, mudwrestle, nestle, outwrestle, overwrestle, pestle, reestle, threstle, trestle, unnestle, wrestle, Birtwhistle, Birtwistle, Entwistle, Epistle, Thistle, abristle, bewhistle, cacomistle, epistle, fistle, gristle, interwhistle, istle, kreistle, mistle, pennywhistle, pistle, sistle, thistle, thristle, twistle

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