brook

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 ²  (brk)

tr.v. brooked, brook·ing, brooks

To put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument.

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[Middle English brouken, from Old English brcan, to use, enjoy.]

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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

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brook [bruk] n → ruisseau m

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brook [bruk] n → Bach m

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brook [bruk] n → ruscello

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brook¹

n brook [bruk]

a small stream. spruit, lopie, beek جَدْوَل، غَدير поточе potok, říčka bæk; kilde; vandløb der Bach ρυάκι arroyo oja نهر puro ruisseau פֶּלֶג छोटी नदी potok csermely anak sungai ruscello 小川 개울 upelis, upokšnis strauts anak sungai beek bekk strumyk riacho pârâu ручей potok potok rečica bäck ลำห้วย dere, çay 小河 струмок ایک چھوٹی ندی suối nhỏ 小河