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Nouns
1. (n.) bristle;
- a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic;
2. (n.) bristle;
- a stiff hair;
Verbs
1. (verb) abound, bristle, burst;
- be in a state of movement or action;
- “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”;
2. (verb) bristle, stand up, uprise;
- rise up as in fear;
- “The dog’s fur bristled”; “It was a sight to make one’s hair uprise!”;
3. (verb) bristle;
- have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles;
- “bristling leaves”;
4. (verb) bristle;
- react in an offended or angry manner;
- “He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program”;
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03
2010
Verbs
1. (verb) sibilate;
- pronounce with an initial sibilant;
2. (verb) sibilate;
- utter a sibilant;
3. (verb) hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz;
- express or utter with a hiss;
4. (verb) hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz;
- make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval;
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11
03
2010
Nouns
1. (n.) countryman;
- a man from your own country;
2. (n.) countryman, ruralist;
- a man who lives in the country and has country ways;
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11
03
2010
Nouns
1. (n.) narration, narrative, story, tale;
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;
- “his narrative was interesting”; “Disney’s stories entertain adults as well as children”;
2. (n.) narration, recital, yarn;
- the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;
- “his narration was hesitant”;
3. (n.) narration;
- (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth;
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11
03
2010
Nouns
1. (n.) chattel, movable, personal chattel;
- personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc);
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