bristle : Idioms & Phrases
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bristle at
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verb show anger or indignation
bridle up; bristle at; bridle at.
- She bristled at his insolent remarks
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bristle brush
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noun a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant
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bristle fern
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noun any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks
filmy fern.
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bristle grass
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noun grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
bristlegrass.
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bristle up
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verb show anger or indignation
bridle up; bristle at; bridle at.
- She bristled at his insolent remarks
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bristle-pointed
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adjective satellite pointed like bristles
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Bris"tle-point`ed adjective
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(Bot.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves.
Webster 1913
bristle-shaped
Bris"tle-shaped` adjective
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Resembling a bristle in form; as, a .bristle-shaped leaf
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hare's-foot bristle fern
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noun a variety of bristle fern
Trichomanes boschianum.
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To bristle up
- to show anger or deflance.
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yellow bristle grass
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noun common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas
glaucous bristlegrass; yellow bristlegrass; yellow foxtail; Setaria glauca.