n.

1. A stiff hair.
2. A stiff hairlike structure: the bristles of a wire brush.

v., -tled, -tling, -tles.

v.intr.

1. To stand stiffly on end like bristles: The hair on the dog's neck bristled.
2. To raise the bristles: The cat bristled at the sight of the large dog.
3. To react in an angry or offended manner: The author bristled at the suggestion of plagiarism.
4. To be covered or thick with or as if with bristles: The path bristled with thorns.

v.tr.

1. To cause to stand erect like bristles; stiffen.
2. To furnish or supply with bristles.
3. To make bristly; ruffle.

[Middle English bristel, probably from Old English *byrstel, from byrst, bristle.]

verb

1. To be or become angry: anger, blow up, boil over, burn, explode, flare up, foam, fume, rage, seethe. Informal steam. Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one'sstacktop, breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit theceilingroof, lose one's temper, see red. See feelings.
2. To be abundantly filled or richly supplied: abound, crawl, flow, overflow, pullulate, swarm, teem. See big/small/amount, rich/poor.

1. the thick strong animal fibers collected at commercial abattoirs for use in brushes.
2. the sharp serrated awns of grass and some cereal seeds that confer a capacity to penetrate normal skin and mucosa and to cause ulcerative stomatitis, grass seed abscess and the like.

IN BRIEF: Short, course, or prickly hair from a hog or boar.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stift hår, børstehår, strithår
v. intr. - rejse sig, stritte
v. tr. - få til at rejse sig, få til at stritte

idioms:

• bristle with    vrimle med, være fuld af

Nederlands (Dutch)
stoppel, stekelhaar, overeind gaan staan, geïrriteerd raken, wemelen

Français (French)
n. - soie, poil (de brosse), poil raide (de la barbe), (Bot) soie, poil
v. intr. - se hérisser, (fig) se rebiffer
v. tr. - hérisser (ses poils, ses soies)

idioms:

• bristle with    fourmiller de, grouiller de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bartstoppel, Stoppel, Borste
v. - strotzen, sich sträuben

idioms:

• bristle with    strotzen vor

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανατριχιάζω, φρίττω, ορθώνονται ή σηκώνονται οι τρίχες μου, αγριεύω, θυμώνω
n. - σκληρή τρίχα, γουρουνότριχα, τρίχα βούρτσας

idioms:

• bristle with    βρίθω από, είμαι γεμάτος ή σκεπασμένος από

Italiano (Italian)
brulicare, rizzarsi, pelo

idioms:

• bristle with    brulicare di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - eriçar, mostrar indignação
n. - cerda (f)

idioms:

• bristle with    estar lotado

Русский (Russian)
ощетиниться, торчать дыбом, щетина, рассердиться, полон

idioms:

• bristle with    изобиловать

Español (Spanish)
n. - cañón, cerda
v. intr. - erizarse, poner el pelo de punta
v. tr. - poner el pelo de punta, erizar

idioms:

• bristle with    estar erizado o lleno de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - resa, sätta borst i, resa sig
n. - borst

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
刚毛, 猪鬃, 毛发竖立, 怒发冲冠, 给穿鬃毛, 使林立于, 使直立

idioms:

• bristle with    充满

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 剛毛, 豬鬃
v. intr. - 毛髮豎立, 怒髮衝冠
v. tr. - 給穿鬃毛, 使林立於, 使直立

idioms:

• bristle with    充滿

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 강모
v. intr. - 곤두서다, 안달하다, 빽빽이 들어서다
v. tr. - ~을 곤두세우다, ~에 강모를 심다

idioms:

• bristle with    충만하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 剛毛, とげ
v. - 逆立つ, 逆立てる, 怒る, いらだたせる, 密生する, 剛毛を植える

idioms:

• bristle with    満ちている

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) انتصب الشعر (الاسم) شعر خشن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיער קשה, זיף‬
v. intr. - ‮זעף, סמר, נראה תוקפני, כוסה או שפע, עמד זקוף (בגאווה או בזעם)‬
v. tr. - ‮זעף, סמר, הסתמר‬

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