bristle
Meaning of bristle
noun
a short, stiff hair on an animal's skin or a man's face.
verb- (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
- 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:
Meaning uprise:
Meaning any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals:
Meaning a long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals:
Meaning the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested:
Meaning a stiff structure resembling a hair or a bristle, especially in an invertebrate:
Meaning move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up:
Meaning undergo horripilation, in which the hairs stand erect from the body due to cold, fear, or excitement:
Meaning (of flying insects) move in or form a swarm:
Meaning be full of or swarming with:
Meaning move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground:
Meaning (especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle:
Meaning make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee:
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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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