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# bristly

«bristly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Covered with short, stiff hairs** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (bristly, bristlier, bristliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Covered with short, stiff hairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/#m1)

2) Stiff and rough like bristles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/#m2)

3) (informal) Easily annoyed or quick to get angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, hedgehogs, pigs and some caterpillars are bristly. In everyday life, Dad's chin is bristly before he shaves. In stories, a bristly old man may be grumpy.

### examples

- Dad's chin is bristly in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/#x1)
- A hedgehog's back is bristly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/#x2)
- The new brush is very bristly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/#x3)
- The caterpillar had bristly hairs – don't touch it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/#x4)
- The headteacher was a bit bristly today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/#x5)

### note

Comparative bristlier, bristliest. Some bristly caterpillars cause itchy rashes.

### In the corpora

- [In the shopping centre, look down at the sides of the escalator steps: there are bristly brushes there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/26-escalators-and-lifts/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bristly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bristly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.