Adjective bristled has 1 sense
  1. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
    Antonym: unarmed (indirect, via armed)
,Verb bristle has 2 senses
  1. abound, burst, bristle - be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
    --1 is one way to have, feature
    Sample sentence:
    The streets bristle with crowds
  2. bristle, uprise, stand up - rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
    Derived form: noun bristle2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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