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brook
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brook 1  (brk)
n. Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
See creek. See Regional Note at run.

[Middle English, from Old English brc.]

brook 2  (brk)
tr.v. brooked, brook·ing, brooks
To put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument.

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

Brook [brʊk]
n
(Biographies / Brook, Peter (Paul Stephen) (1925 M, British, THEATRE: stage director, FILMS AND TV: director) Peter (Paul Stephen). born 1925, British stage and film director, noted esp for his experimental work in the theatre

brook1
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a natural freshwater stream smaller than a river
[Old English brōc; related to Old High German bruoh swamp, Dutch broek]

brook2
vb
(tr; usually used with a negative) to bear; tolerate
[Old English brūcan; related to Gothic brūkjan to use, Old High German brūhhan, Latin fruī to enjoy]
brookable  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.brookbrook - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
brooklet - a small brook
stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Verb1.brookbrook - 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"
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"

brook1
noun stream, burn (Scot. & Northern English), rivulet, gill (dialect), beck, watercourse, rill, streamlet, runnel (literary) He threw the hatchet in the brook.

brook2
verb tolerate, stand, allow, suffer, accept, bear, stomach, endure, swallow, hack (slang), abide, put up with (informal), withstand, countenance, support, thole (dialect) The army will brook no weakening of its power.
Translations
brook1 [brʊk] N (= stream) → arroyo m
brook2 [brʊk] VT (frm) (= tolerate) → tolerar, admitir
he brooks no oppositionno admite oposición

brook [ˈbrʊk]
nruisseau m
vt (= tolerate) [+ interference, opposition] → souffrir, admettre

brook1
nBach m

brook2
vt (liter: = tolerate) → dulden; to brook no delaykeinen Aufschub dulden

brook1 [brʊk] nruscello
brook1 [brʊk] nruscello
brook2 [brʊk] vt (frm) (tolerate) → tollerare, ammettere
brook2 [brʊk] vt (frm) (tolerate) → tollerare, ammettere

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 시내 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

brook2
v brook [bruk]
to put up with He will not brook any interference. verdra, duld يَتَحَمَّلُ، يُطيقُ، يَصْبُرُ понасям snést finde sig i; tolerere erdulden ανέχομαι aguantar, tolerar, permitir taluma تحمل کردن sietää tolérer לִסְבּוֹל אֶת- सहना podnositi eltűr membiarkan tollerare 我慢する 참다 pakęsti paciest membiarkan dulden finne seg i, tåle znosić, cierpieć tolerar a tolera терпеть zniesť prenašati podnositi tåla, fördraga ทน tahammül etmek 容忍 терпіти, зносити برداشت کرنا chịu đựng


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