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brook 1 B0502200 (bro͝ok)n. Chiefly Northeastern US See creek. See Note at run. [Middle English, from Old English brōc.]
brook 2 B0502200 (bro͝ok)tr.v. brooked, brook·ing, brooks To put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument. [Middle English brouken, from Old English brūcan, to use, enjoy.]brook (brʊk) n (Physical Geography) a natural freshwater stream smaller than a river[Old English brōc; related to Old High German bruoh swamp, Dutch broek]
brook (brʊk) 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] ˈbrookable adj
Brook (brʊk) n (Biography) Peter (Paul Stephen). born 1925, British stage and film director, noted esp for his experimental work in the theatrebrook1 (brʊk) n. a small natural stream of fresh water. [before 900; Middle English; Old English brōc, c. Middle Low German brōk, Old High German bruoh marsh] brook′like`, adj. brook2 (brʊk) v.t. to bear; suffer; tolerate: I will brook no interference. [before 900; Middle English brouken, Old English brūcan] brook Past participle: brooked Gerund: brooking
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I brook | you brook | he/she/it brooks | we brook | you brook | they brook |
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I brooked | you brooked | he/she/it brooked | we brooked | you brooked | they brooked |
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I am brooking | you are brooking | he/she/it is brooking | we are brooking | you are brooking | they are brooking |
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I have brooked | you have brooked | he/she/it has brooked | we have brooked | you have brooked | they have brooked |
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I was brooking | you were brooking | he/she/it was brooking | we were brooking | you were brooking | they were brooking |
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I had brooked | you had brooked | he/she/it had brooked | we had brooked | you had brooked | they had brooked |
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I will brook | you will brook | he/she/it will brook | we will brook | you will brook | they will brook |
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I will have brooked | you will have brooked | he/she/it will have brooked | we will have brooked | you will have brooked | they will have brooked |
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I will be brooking | you will be brooking | he/she/it will be brooking | we will be brooking | you will be brooking | they will be brooking |
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I have been brooking | you have been brooking | he/she/it has been brooking | we have been brooking | you have been brooking | they have been brooking |
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I will have been brooking | you will have been brooking | he/she/it will have been brooking | we will have been brooking | you will have been brooking | they will have been brooking |
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I had been brooking | you had been brooking | he/she/it had been brooking | we had been brooking | you had been brooking | they had been brooking |
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I would brook | you would brook | he/she/it would brook | we would brook | you would brook | they would brook |
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I would have brooked | you would have brooked | he/she/it would have brooked | we would have brooked | you would have brooked | they would have brooked | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | brook - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"creekbrooklet - a small brookstream, 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, supportlive 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 endpay - 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" |
brook1noun stream, burn (Scot. & Northern English), rivulet, gill (dialect), beck, watercourse, rill, streamlet, runnel (literary) He threw the hatchet in the brook.
brook2verb 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.brook 1nounA small stream:creek.Chiefly Regional: branch, kill, run.
brook 2verbTo put up with:abide, accept, bear, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand.Informal: lump.Idioms: take it, take it lying down.Translationsbrook1 (bruk) noun a small stream. 小河 小河
brook2 (bruk) verb to put up with. He will not brook any interference. 容忍 容忍EncyclopediaSeeBrooksSee BK See BRKbrook Related to brook: Peter BrookSynonyms for brooknoun streamSynonyms- stream
- burn
- rivulet
- gill
- beck
- watercourse
- rill
- streamlet
- runnel
verb tolerateSynonyms- tolerate
- stand
- allow
- suffer
- accept
- bear
- stomach
- endure
- swallow
- hack
- abide
- put up with
- withstand
- countenance
- support
- thole
Synonyms for brooknoun a small streamSynonymsverb to put up withSynonyms- abide
- accept
- bear
- endure
- go
- stand
- stomach
- suffer
- support
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- tolerate
- withstand
- lump
Synonyms for brooknoun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)SynonymsRelated Words- brooklet
- stream
- watercourse
verb put up with something or somebody unpleasantSynonyms- endure
- tolerate
- stomach
- abide
- bear
- digest
- stick out
- suffer
- put up
- stand
- support
Related Words- live with
- swallow
- accept
- hold still for
- stand for
- bear up
- take lying down
- take a joke
- sit out
- pay
- countenance
- permit
- allow
- let
- suffer
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