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    bris·tle
    [ˈbris(ə)l]
    noun
    (bristles)
    bristle (noun) · bristles (plural noun)
    1. a short stiff hair, typically one of those on an animal's skin, a man's face, or a plant.
      • a stiff animal hair, or a man-made substitute, used to make a brush:
        "a toothbrush with nylon bristles" · "the heads are made with natural bristle"
    verb
    bristle (verb) · bristles (third person present) · bristled (past tense) · bristled (past participle) · bristling (present participle)
    1. (of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin, especially in anger or fear:
      "the hair on the back of his neck bristled"
      Similar:
      stand on end
    2. (bristle with)
      be covered with or abundant in:
      "the roof bristled with antennas"
      Similar:
      be alive
      be packed
      be crowded
      be thronged
      be jammed
      be infested
      be full
      be covered
      be thick
      be crawling
      be lousy
      be stuffed
      be jam-packed
      be chockablock
      be chock-full
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old English byrst (of Germanic origin, related to German Borste) + -le.
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