Brooks

1 of 3

biographical name (1)

ˈbru̇ks

Gwendolyn Elizabeth 1917–2000 American poet

Brooks

2 of 3

biographical name (2)

Phillips 1835–1893 American bishop

Brooks

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biographical name (3)

Van Wyck van-ˈwīk How to pronounce Brooks (audio)

vən-

1886–1963 American essayist and critic

brooks 1 of 2

noun

plural of brook

as in creeks

a natural body of running water smaller than a river there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook

Synonyms & Similar Words

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creeks
rills
streams
rivulets
runnels
becks
streamlets
tributaries
brooklets
runs
canals
bourns
bayous
bournes
burns
freshets
arroyos
gills
sloughs
freshes
runlets
runoffs
watercourses
coulees
washes
billabongs
waterways
channels
distributaries
branches
millraces
affluents
millstreams
slews
cutoffs
races
slues
kills
influents
confluents
guts
cuts

brooks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of brook

as in tolerates

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I will not brook insults from my own employees

Synonyms & Similar Words

tolerates
stands
endures
bears
handles
accepts
pockets
swallows
stomachs
takes
sustains
stands for
abides
bides
sticks out
sweats out
hacks
countenances
absorbs
wears
lives with
meets
lumps (it)
toughs it out
supports
goes
permits
suffers
allows
acquiesces
reconciles (to)
respects
consents (to)
capitulates
assents (to)
submits (to)
yields (to)
agrees (with or to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

rejects
refuses
declines
spurns
repudiates
dismisses
contests
fights
turns down
avoids
combats
resists
opposes
dodges
misses
bypasses
evades
eludes
circumvents
abstains (from)
refrains (from)
escapes
forbears

单词	Brooks
释义	Brooks 1 of 3 biographical name (1) ˈbru̇ks Gwendolyn Elizabeth 1917–2000 American poet Brooks 2 of 3 biographical name (2) Phillips 1835–1893 American bishop Brooks 3 of 3 biographical name (3) Van Wyck van-ˈwīk vən- 1886–1963 American essayist and critic brooks 1 of 2 noun plural of brook as in creeks a natural body of running water smaller than a river there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance creeks rills streams rivulets runnels becks streamlets tributaries brooklets runs canals bourns bayous bournes burns freshets arroyos gills sloughs freshes runlets runoffs watercourses coulees washes billabongs waterways channels distributaries branches millraces affluents millstreams slews cutoffs races slues kills influents confluents guts cuts brooks 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of brook as in tolerates to put up with (something painful or difficult) I will not brook insults from my own employees Synonyms & Similar Words tolerates stands endures bears handles accepts pockets swallows stomachs takes sustains stands for abides bides sticks out sweats out hacks countenances absorbs wears lives with meets lumps (it) toughs it out supports goes permits suffers allows acquiesces reconciles (to) respects consents (to) capitulates assents (to) submits (to) yields (to) agrees (with or to) Antonyms & Near Antonyms rejects refuses declines spurns repudiates dismisses contests fights turns down avoids combats resists opposes dodges misses bypasses evades eludes circumvents abstains (from) refrains (from) escapes forbears See More
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