bristle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
Types & categories
- fiber hypernym
Parts & wholes
- brush part holonym
Related & opposite
- barbellate derivation
Sense 2 verb
be in a state of movement or action
The room abounded with screaming children
Types & categories
- feature hypernym
Related & opposite
- burst derivation
Sense 3 noun
a stiff hair
Types & categories
- hair hypernym
Related & opposite
- bristle derivation
Sense 4 verb
rise up as in fear
The dog's fur bristled
Related & opposite
- bristle derivation
Sense 5 verb
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
bristling leaves
Types & categories
- feature hypernym
Sense 6 verb
react in an offended or angry manner
He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program
Types & categories
- react hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbellate |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | brush |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fiber |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burst |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | feature |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bristle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hair |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bristle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | feature |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | react |