Brook in English dictionary

  • brook

    Meanings and definitions of "Brook"

    • (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
    • (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
    • (transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate ( usually used in the negative ).
    • a body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
    • (Sussex, Kent) a water meadow.
    • (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) low, marshy ground.
    • noun
      A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
    • noun
      (Sussex, Kent)
      A water meadow.
    • noun
      (Sussex, Kent, in the plural)
      Low, marshy ground.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots)
      To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To earn; deserve.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate ( usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
    • A narrow and shallow watercourse.
    • To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to continue to exist or occur without interference; accept or undergo, often unwillingly.
    • A small stream or rivulet, commonly swiftly flowing in rugged terrain, of lesser length and volume than a creek; especially a stream that issues directly from the ground, as from a spring or seep, or that is produced by heavy rainfall or melting snow.
    • a small stream
    • noun
      a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
    • verb
      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"

    Synonyms of "Brook" in English dictionary

    support, bear, permit are the top synonyms of "Brook" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Brook

    • brook ( third-person singular simple present brooks, present participle brooking, simple past and past participle brooked)
    • brook ( plural  brooks)
    • brook (plural brooks)
    • brook (third-person singular simple present brooks, present participle brooking, simple past and past participle brooked)
  • Brook

    Meanings and definitions of "Brook"

    • A surname for someone living by a brook.
    • A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • A female given name of modern usage; more often spelled Brooke.
    • proper
      A surname for someone living by a brook.
    • proper
      A surname , a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew [i]ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).[/i]
    • proper
      A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • proper
      A female given name of modern usage; more often spelled Brooke.

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