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.
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
To fix a bristle to.
To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
To abound, to have an abundance of something, especially something jutting out.