What is the meaning of the word "bristle"?
Definitions:
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to be in a state of movement or action verb
- The train station is bristling with holiday shoppers.
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to have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles verb
- I bristled after a walk in the woods.
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to react in an offended or angry manner verb
- I bristled at the suggestion that we should teach them how to use the program for free.
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to rise up as in fear verb
- The dog's fur bristled at the sound.