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Brook

Brook Meaning & Definition
Brook Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brook?

[n] a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
[v] put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Brook: abide | bear | creek | endure | put up | stand | stomach | suffer | support | tolerate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Brook: abide | abide with | accept | adolescent stream | allow | arroyo | be big | be content with | be easy with | bear | bear with | beck | bide | blink at | bourn | braided stream | branch | brave | brooklet | burn | channel | condone | connive at | countenance | creek | crick | disregard | endure | flowing stream | fluviation | fresh | freshet | gill | go | hang in | hang in there | hang tough | have | hear of | ignore | indulge | judge not | kill | lazy stream | lean over backwards | listen to reason | live with | lump | lump it | meandering stream | midchannel | midstream | millstream | moving road | navigable river | not write off | overlook | persevere | put up with | race | racing stream | rill | river | rivulet | run | rundle | runlet | runnel | see both sides | sike | spill stream | stand | stand for | stick | stomach | stream | stream action | streamlet | subterranean river | suffer | support | suspend judgment | sustain | swallow | take | take up with | tolerate | view with indulgence | wadi | watercourse | waterway | wink at

See Also | accept | Aegospotami | Aegospotamos | allow | bear up | countenance | hold still for | let | live with | pay | permit | sit out | stand for | stream | submit | swallow | take | take a joke | take lying down | undergo | watercourse

Brook In Webster's Dictionary

\Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[=o]c; akin to D. broek, LG. br[=o]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See {Break}, v. t.] A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. --Deut. viii. 7. Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. --Shak.
\Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brooking}.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. {Fruit}, {Broker}.] 1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. --Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten? --Macaulay. 3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.

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