bristle

bristle has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
• n.. A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.
• v. t.. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
• v. t.. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
• v. i.. To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
• v. i.. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
• v. i.. To show defiance or indignation.
• n.. a stiff hair
• n.. a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
• v.. react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
• v.. rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
• v.. have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves"