nnoun.personUnited States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)Synset:Brooks Van Wyck Brooks
Instance Hypernyms:literary critic
Inherited Hypernyms:brooksliterary criticcriticprofessionaladultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:brooksliterary criticcriticprofessionaladultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.objecta natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)Synset:brook creek
Examples:- the creek dried up every summer
Hypernyms:stream watercourse
Inherited Hypernyms:brookstreambody of waterthingphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:brooklet
Instance Hyponyms:Aegospotami Aegospotamos Bull Run
vverb.cognitionput up with something or somebody unpleasantSynset:abide bear brook digest endure put up stand stick out stomach suffer support tolerate
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:endurancetolerancebearableabidancesufferancetoleranttoleration
Hypernyms:allow countenance let permit
Inherited Hypernyms:digestpermitacceptreactact
Direct Hyponyms:acceptbear uphold still forlive withpaysit outstand forswallowtake a joketake lying down
Full Troponyms:acceptbear uppaysit outstand fortake a joketake lying downtake one's lumps
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: put up) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: stand, abide, stomach, bear, endure, tolerate, suffer, brook)