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brook ¹  (brk)

n. Chiefly Northeastern U.S.

See creek. See Regional Note at run.

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[Middle English, from Old English brc.]

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brook ¹

Noun

a natural freshwater stream [Old English brōc]

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brook ²

Verb

to bear; tolerate: she would brook no opposition [Old English brūcan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brook - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" creek brooklet - a small brook stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Verb	1.	brook - 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" endure, tolerate, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support live with, swallow, accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" bear up - endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain" take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down" take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?" sit out - endure to the end pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

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brook ¹

noun stream, burn Scot., Northern English rivulet, gill (dialect) beck, watercourse, rill, streamlet, runnel (literary)

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brook ²

verb tolerate, stand, allow, suffer, accept, bear, stomach, endure, swallow, hack (slang) abide, put up with (informal) withstand, countenance, support, thole (dialect)

Translations

brook [bruk] n → arroyo

brook [bruk] n → ruisseau m

brook [bruk] n → Bach m

brook [bruk] n → ruscello

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brook¹

n brook [bruk]

a small stream. spruit, lopie, beekجَدْوَل، غَديرпоточеpotok, říčkabæk; kilde; vandløbder Bachρυάκιarroyoojaنهرpuroruisseauפֶּלֶגछोटी नदीpotokcsermelyanak sungairuscello小川개울upelis, upokšnisstrautsanak sungaibeekbekkstrumykriachopârâuручейpotokpotokrečicabäckลำห้วยdere, çay小河струмокایک چھوٹی ندیsuối nhỏ小河