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Definition of Brook
1. Verb. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. "Sam cannot brook Sue "; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Specialized synonyms: Accept, Live With, Swallow, Hold Still For, Stand For, Bear Up, Take Lying Down, Take A Joke, Sit Out, Pay
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Related verbs: Suffer
Derivative terms: Abidance, Bearable, Endurance, Sufferance, Tolerance, Tolerant, Tolerant, Toleration
2. Noun. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river). "The creek dried up every summer"
Specialized synonyms: Bull Run, Aegospotami, Aegospotamos
Specialized synonyms: Brooklet
Generic synonyms: Stream, Watercourse
Definition of Brook
1. n. A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
2. v. t. To use; to enjoy.
Definition of Brook
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English dot=) for someone living by a brook. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹
3. Proper noun. (given name female from=surnames) of modern usage; more often spelled Brooke. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive obsolete except in Scots) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (''usually used in the negative''). ¹
7. Noun. a body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream. ¹
8. Noun. (Sussex Kent) a water meadow. ¹
9. Noun. (context: Sussex Kent in the plural) low, marshy ground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brook
1. to tolerate [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: tolerate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brook
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