bristle
/ˈbɹɪsəl/ verbe C2En français : se hérisser
- To rise or stand erect, like bristles. · His hair began to bristle with anger when the subject was mentioned.· The cat’s fur bristled when the dog approached.
- To abound, to be covered with, or to have an abundance of, something, especially something jutting out.
- To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance. · The employees bristled at the prospect of working through the holidays.
- To cause (someone) to be on one's guard or raise one's defenses. · Your blatant attitude always bristles me.
He/she/it bristles · Prétérit bristled · Participe passé bristled · Forme en -ing bristling
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque
de Bonaparte; do not conceal anything, however serious,—let us see, the Island of Elba is a volcano, and we may expect to have issuing thence flaming and bristling war—bella, horrida bella.”
Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames.
“They tell me,” Shere Khan would say, “that at Council ye dare not look him between the eyes.” And the young wolves would growl and bristle.
Baloo and Bagheera stood still as stone, growling in their throats, their neck hair bristling, and Mowgli watched and wondered.
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