bristle

English Thesaurus

1. a stiff hair (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	hair,
definition	:	a filamentous projection or process on an organism (noun.animal)

2. a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	fiber, fibre,
definition	:	a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn (noun.substance)

part meronym	:	brush,
definition	:	an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle (noun.artifact)

3. react in an offended or angry manner (verb.cognition)

hypernym	:	react, respond,
definition	:	show a response or a reaction to something (verb.cognition)

4. have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	feature, have, feature, have,
definition	:	have as a feature (verb.stative)

5. a stiff hair (noun.animal)

derivation	:	bristle, stand up, uprise,
definition	:	rise up as in fear (verb.motion)

6. a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny,
definition	:	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all)

7. rise up as in fear (verb.motion)

derivation	:	bristle,
definition	:	a stiff hair (noun.animal)

8. be in a state of movement or action (verb.stative)

derivation	:	burst, fit,
definition	:	a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) (noun.act)

9. a stiff hair (noun.animal)

derivation	:	bristle, stand up, uprise,
definition	:	rise up as in fear (verb.motion)

10. a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny,
definition	:	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all)

11. rise up as in fear (verb.motion)

derivation	:	bristle,
definition	:	a stiff hair (noun.animal)

12. be in a state of movement or action (verb.stative)

derivation	:	burst, fit,
definition	:	a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) (noun.act)