Noun

• S: (n) bristle (a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• S: (n) brush (an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle)
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) bristly [Related to: bristle] (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.) "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
• S: (n) bristle (a stiff hair)

Verb

• S: (v) abound, burst, bristle (be in a state of movement or action) "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) bristle, uprise, stand up (rise up as in fear) "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) bristle (have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles) "bristling leaves"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• Something is ----ing PP
• S: (v) bristle (react in an offended or angry manner) "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"