brook

[Brook]

A brook is a small stream. On a hot day, you might enjoy wading in a babbling brook. As a verb, brook is a rather stuffy word for "put up with." The lord of the manor might say, "I will brook no trespassing on my land."

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A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

Noun
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

Verb
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"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"


v. t.
A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

v. t.
To use; to enjoy.

v. t.
To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.

v. t.
To deserve; to earn.


Brook

Brook , n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br'd3c; akin to D. broek, LG. br'd3k, 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.
Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters.

Brook

Brook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooking.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. brcan; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. prhhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. brka, Goth. brkjan, 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?
3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] Sir J. Hawkins.

A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

To use; to enjoy.

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