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Meanings of
bristle
in English
Catalan
eriçar-se
Spanish
erizarse
Back to the meaning
Rise up as in fear.
uprise
stand up
Catalan
eriçar-se
Be in a state of movement or action.
burst
abound
Usage of
bristle
in English
1
In later years he'd
bristle
when lumped in with the hard-core industry.
2
The moment I mentioned my debt to her, I felt her
bristle
.
3
At the clear threat, Nick felt his entire being
bristle
in defense.
4
The red face with its
bristle
of buff and gray came closer.
5
The pages of every technical and even educational magazine
bristle
with it.
6
It would
bristle
with loudspeakers by the time the thing was finished.
7
Their hair had been chopped short and cleverly straightened to
boar
-
bristle
quality.
8
Even as he spoke the whole shore seemed to
bristle
with cavalry.
9
In fact, these tales are too absurd to
bristle
even childhood's hair.
10
He spoke slowly, with an undertone of condescension that made Quinette
bristle
.
11
He could only
bristle
and tear his vocal chords with his rage.
12
He stalked in with every invisible
bristle
on edge and sharply pointed.
13
He seemed to flare, to
bristle
,
and he paced for the bleachers.
14
He had a week's
bristle
on him that rasped against my cheek.
15
Simply scrape it off with an old spatula or metal
bristle
brush.
16
His hair was a close
bristle
,
with the brilliance of new frost.
Other examples for "bristle"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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bristle
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
bristle with
bristle when
bristle all
stiff bristle
black bristle
More collocations
Translations for
bristle
Catalan
eriçar-se
Spanish
erizarse
Bristle
through the time
Bristle
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common