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brook 1
(bro͝ok)[Middle English, from Old English brōc.]
brook 2
(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.]
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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 theatre
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brook1
(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]
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brook
Past participle: brooked
Gerund: brooking
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Noun | 1. | brook - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" brooklet - a small brook stream, 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" live 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 end pay - 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" |
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brook
1noun stream, burn (Scot. & Northern English), rivulet, gill (dialect), beck, watercourse, rill, streamlet, runnel (literary) He threw the hatchet in the brook.
brook
2verb 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.
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Translations
جَدْوَل، غَديريَتَحَمَّلُ، يُطيقُ، يَصْبُرُ
potokříčkasnést
bækfinde sig ikildetolererevandløb
lækuròola, umbera
strauts
bäck
brook
1 [brʊk] N (= stream) → arroyo mbrook
2 [brʊk] VT (frm) (= tolerate) → tolerar, admitirhe brooks no opposition → no admite oposición
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brook1
(bruk) noun a small stream.
brook2
(bruk) verb to put up with. He will not brook any interference.
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