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verb | noun bristlebristle1 /ˈbrɪsəl/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYbristle1Origin: 1200-1300 Old English byrst bristle VERB TABLEbristle |
| Present | I, you, we, they | bristle | | he, she, it | bristles | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bristled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bristled | | he, she, it | has bristled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bristled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bristle | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bristled |
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| Present | I | am bristling | | he, she, it | is bristling | | you, we, they | are bristling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was bristling | | you, we, they | were bristling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bristling | | he, she, it | has been bristling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bristling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bristling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bristling |
► bristling with rage Joan was bristling with rage. 1to behave in a way that shows you are very angry or annoyed: bristle with Joan was bristling with rage.bristle at Teachers bristled at the criticism.2if an animal’s hair bristles, it stands up stiffly because the animal is afraid or angrybristle with something phrasal verb to have a lot of something or be full of something: a house that was bristling with TV antennas verb | noun bristlebristle2 noun [countable, uncountable] 1a short stiff hair, wire, etc. that forms part of a brush2short stiff hair that feels rough SYN whisker |