boil vs bristle

boil

verb
  • To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid. 

  • To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation. 

  • To feel uncomfortably hot. 

  • To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil. 

  • To begin to turn into a gas, seethe. 

  • To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. 

  • To be uncomfortably hot. 

  • To cook in boiling water. 

  • To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce. 

noun
  • The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point. 

  • A dish of boiled food, especially seafood. 

  • A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.) 

  • The collective noun for a group of hawks. 

  • A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. 

bristle

verb
  • To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance. 

  • To rise or stand erect, like bristles. 

  • To fix a bristle to. 

  • To abound, to have an abundance of something, especially something jutting out. 

noun
  • The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers. 

  • A stiff or coarse hair, usually and especially on a nonhuman mammal. 

  • A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals. 

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