brook

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: creek digest endure stick out stomach bear stand tolerate support abide suffer put up

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)“the creek dried up every summer”Synonyms: creek

Verb (1)

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: digest endure stick out stomach bear stand tolerate support abide suffer put up

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooking.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. Fruit, Broker.]

1.To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten?— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

3.To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins. [1913 Webster]

Brook \Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[=o]c; akin to D. broek, LG. br[=o]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See Break, v. t.] A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. [1913 Webster]

The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. --Deut. viii. 7. [1913 Webster]

Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. --Shak. [1913 Webster]