Brook

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  • noun. undefined
  • transitive verb. To put up with; tolerate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A natural stream of water, too small to be called a river.
  • To draw together and threaten rain: said of the clouds: with up.
  • To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
  • . To earn; deserve.
  • To bear; endure; support; put up with: always in a negative sense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To use; to enjoy.
  • transitive verb. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
  • transitive verb. To deserve; to earn.
  • noun. A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
  • verb. To earn; deserve.
  • verb. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
  • noun. a body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  • noun. a water meadow.
  • noun. low, marshy ground.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  • noun. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
  • Word Usage
    ""Off on pressing business," cried the sanguine youth, as he dashed through the kitchen, frightening Alice, and throwing Toozle into convulsions of delight, -- "horribly important business, that 'won't brook delay;' but what _brook_ means is more than I can guess.""
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brooke  Chinook  Cook  Cooke  Crook  
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    breeze  canal  creek  ditch  fountain  
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    brooked  brooking  brooks