bristle vs calm

bristle

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. 

verb
  • 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. 

calm

verb
  • To become calm. 

  • To make calm. 

noun
  • The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. 

  • A period of time without wind. 

  • The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. 

adj
  • with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. 

  • Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. 

  • Free of noise and disturbance. 

  • Without wind or storm. 

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