Definitions for: Brook


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



Webster (1913) Definition: Brook, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[=o]c; akin to
D. broek, LG. br[=o]k, 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. --Deut. viii.
7.

Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main
of waters. --Shak.


Brook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brooking.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS.
br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G.
brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, 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? --Macaulay.

3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.

Synonyms: abide, bear, creek, endure, put up, stand, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate

See Also: accept, Aegospotami, Aegospotamos, allow, bear up, countenance, hold still for, let, live with, pay, permit, sit out, stand for, stream, submit, swallow, take, take a joke, take lying down, undergo, watercourse

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