The meaning of Bristles

verb

Exist in large numbers or amounts.

Usage examples:

Rumours of a further scandal abound

verb

To exist in large numbers

Usage examples:

The streams and rivers abound in fish.

verb

Move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground.

Usage examples:

They crawled from under the table

noun

An act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground.

Usage examples:

They began the crawl back to their own lines

verb

Move slowly

noun

Any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals.

Usage examples:

Coarse outer hairs overlie the thick underfur

verb

Undergo horripilation, in which the hairs stand erect from the body due to cold, fear, or excitement.

Usage examples:

My skin horripilated and goose pimples ran up my spine

verb

Make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee.

Usage examples:

The computers hummed

noun

A low, steady continuous sound.

Usage examples:

The hum of insects

exclamation

Used to express hesitation or dissent.

Usage examples:

‘ah, hum, elsie, isn't it?’

verb

(especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle.

Usage examples:

Chemicals overflowed from a storage tank

noun

The flowing over of a liquid.

Usage examples:

There was some overflow after heavy rainfall

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

noun

A stiff structure resembling a hair or a bristle, especially in an invertebrate.

Usage examples:

Each feeding leg, split into two branches, carries stiff bristles and feathery setae.

phrasal verb

Rise to one's feet

Usage examples:

The two men stood up and shook hands

phrasal verb

To prove to be true when closely examined

Usage examples:

The evidence is weak and will not stand up in court., good research will stand up under any critici…

phrasal verb

To be in an upright position on your feet; to get yourself into an upright position on your feet

Usage examples:

I've been standing up all day and i'm really tired., it was customary then for children to stand up…

noun

The cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested.

Usage examples:

Fields of yellow stubble

noun

A large or dense group of flying insects.

Usage examples:

A swarm of locusts

verb

(of flying insects) move in or form a swarm.

Usage examples:

A plague of locusts swarmed across the countryside

noun

A large group of insects, esp. bees, or any large, busy group

Usage examples:

Swarms of reporters descended on the little town., in summer, mosquitoes swarm around that pond., t…

verb

Be full of or swarming with.

Usage examples:

Every garden is teeming with wildlife

verb

(of water, especially rain) pour down; fall heavily.

Usage examples:

With the rain teeming down at the manor, italy seemed a long way off

noun

A long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals.

Usage examples:

Every once in a while, particularly when i take out clothes that i haven't worn since our move, i f…

noun

One of the long, stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of a cat, mouse, or other mammal

Usage examples:

The cat carefully cleaned the milk off its whiskers.