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- a small river
- We'll have to cross the brook to get to the road.
- The road goes over a small brook.
- The peace and quiet was disturbed only by a gently babbling brook.
Extra Examples- The brook runs across the middle of the field.
- a area of lovely lakes and babbling brooks
Topics Geographyc2Word Originnoun Old English brōc, of unknown origin; related to Dutch broek and German Bruch ‘marsh’.
brook verb /brʊk/ /brʊk/ (formal) jump to other results not brook something/not brook somebody doing something/brook no… to not allow something- The tone in his voice brooked no argument.
- She would brook no criticism of her son.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBrook is used with these nouns as the object: See full entry Word Originverb Old English brūcan ‘use, possess’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruiken and German brauchen. The current sense dates from the mid 16th cent., a figurative use of an earlier sense ‘digest, stomach’.
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