Noun

• S: (n) bristle (bristle%1:06:00::) (a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) bristle (bristle%1:05:00::) (a stiff hair)

Verb

• S: (v) abound (abound%2:42:01::), burst (burst%2:42:00::), bristle (bristle%2:42:00::) (be in a state of movement or action) "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
• S: (v) bristle (bristle%2:38:00::), uprise (uprise%2:38:04::), stand up (stand_up%2:38:06::) (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 (bristle%2:42:02::) (have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles) "bristling leaves"
• S: (v) bristle (bristle%2:31:00::) (react in an offended or angry manner) "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"