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noun
- 1. a small stream: "the Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks"
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to allow or accept something, esp. a difference of opinion or intention: She won’t brook any criticism of her work.
Noun. Look east from the cemetery, to an adjacent field where cattle graze, birds sing and a brook babbles: This will become a 116-acre data center housing 2.2 million square feet of massive structures with concrete walls up to 70 feet high.
to allow or accept something, esp. a difference of opinion or intention: She won’t brook any criticism of her work.
Brook definition: a small, natural stream of fresh water.. See examples of BROOK used in a sentence.
noun. a natural freshwater stream smaller than a river. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. Old English brōc; related to Old High German bruoh swamp, Dutch broek. brook in British English. (brʊk ) verb. (tr; usually used with a negative) to bear; tolerate. Collins English Dictionary.
Definitions of brook. noun. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) synonyms: creek. see more. verb. put up with something or somebody unpleasant. synonyms: abide, bear, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate. suffer. experience (emotional) pain. see more.
noun. a small, natural stream of fresh water. brook. 2. [ br oo k ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) to bear; suffer; tolerate: I will brook no interference. Synonyms: stomach, abide, endure, stand, take. Brook. 1. / brʊk / noun.
Definition of brook noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define brook. brook synonyms, brook pronunciation, brook translation, English dictionary definition of brook. n. Chiefly Northeastern US See creek. See Note at run. tr.v. brooked , brook·ing , brooks To put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument....
brook. noun [ C ] uk/brʊk/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. a small stream. (Definition of brook from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
