Bristle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.

   “the bristles of a pig”

2. isim A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals.
3. isim The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.
4. fiil To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

   “His hair began to bristle with anger when the subject was mentioned.”

5. fiil To abound, to be covered with, or to have an abundance of, something, especially something jutting out.

   “the hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets”

6. fiil To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.

   “The employees bristled at the prospect of working through the holidays.”

7. fiil To make (something) rise or stand erect, like bristles.

   “The lion is let looſe inthe night, and the Earle hauing a night-gowne caſt ouer his ſhirt, with his girdle and ſword, and ſo comming downe the ſtaires into the court, meeteth with the lion briſtling his haire, and roaring.”

8. fiil To cause (someone) to be on one's guard or raise one's defenses.

   “Your blatant attitude always bristles me.”

9. fiil To fix a bristle or bristles to.

   “to bristle a thread”

10. özel isim Bristol, England (in imitation of the local dialect)

    “Correct Way to Speak Bristol.”