bristle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament);
natural or synthetic (Freq. 5)
• Derivationally related forms:
bristly
• Hypernyms:
fiber, fibre
• Part Holonyms:
brush
2. a stiff hair (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
hair

II - verb

1. be in a state of movement or action (Freq. 3)
- The room abounded with screaming children
- The garden bristled with toddlers
• Syn:
abound, burst
• Derivationally related forms:
burst (for: burst)
• Hypernyms:
have, feature
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The streets bristle with crowds
2. rise up as in fear (Freq. 2)
- The dog's fur bristled
- It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
• Syn:
uprise, stand up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
- bristling leaves
• Hypernyms:
have, feature
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
4. react in an offended or angry manner
- He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program
• Hypernyms:
react, respond
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  uprise, stand up, abound, burst