brook

/bɹʊk/

name 5verb 3noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

cool, current, flowing, gold, main, other, over, small

The flowing brook behind our house made the perfect spot for skipping stones.

VERB + BROOK

hear, jump, playing, pride, side

We heard a babbling brook while playing in the forest.

BROOK + NOUN

arkad, disobedience, impertinence, kula, lover, lulls, refusal

She would not brook any disobedience from her children when it came to bedtime.

PREP.

between, in, into, into

The children waded into the brook to cool off on that hot summer day.

ADV.

such

She would not brook such nonsense from her employees.

Definitions

verb

To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.

brook no refusal

I will not brook any disobedience.

To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.

Yea, my Lord: how brooks your Grace the ayre, / After your late toſſing on the breaking Seas?

The girl’s spirit would brook a husband under no such conditions: she was not minded to run forward because Pen chose to hold out the handkerchief, and her tone, in reply to Arthur, showed her determination to be independent.

To earn; deserve.

noun

A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

empties itself, as doth an inland brook / into the main of waters

The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water.

A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground.

name

A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.

A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).

A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke.

A town in Newton County, Indiana, United States.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a

creek

verb — put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

brook no refusal

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I will not brook any disobedience.

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I will brook no impertinence.

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empties itself, as doth an inland brook / into the main of waters

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The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water.

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But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of th

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, brook is marked as formal, obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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