1. To erect in bristles; to cause to bristle up; to fix a bristle.

2. The stiff hair of swine; a hairy pubescence on plants.

3. To stand erect as bristles; to raise the head and strut, as in anger or defiance.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• trstle,
• crystle,
• bristal,
• bristow,
• bristis,
• briston,
• brigtly,
• bridale,
• brist,
• fristly,
• christle,
• bristo,
• bristih,
• arisotle,
• bristole,
• brisle,
• brisol,
• bristel,
• bristil,
• brussle

• bristle up,
• breastless,
• breast,
• breastfeed,
• bristles,
• brest,
• bristled,
• breasted,
• bridle,
• Bristow,
• rustle,
• brister,
• breastpin,
• bract,
• brushed,
• Bractlet,
• bruster,
• bristol,
• braised,
• brissette,
• Bresett,
• brisket,
• brust,
• bruised,
• breastbone,
• brittle,
• breast-fed,
• brost,
• brittler,
• bressette,
• bristly,
• Brewster,
• bristle at.

The adverb form of "bristle" is "bristlingly".

The adjective form of the word "bristle" is "bristly".

The plural of the "bristle" can be the "bristles".

The singular of the "bristle" can be the "bristle".