brook

/bɹʊk/

verb

  1. 1

    To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

  2. 2

    To earn; deserve.

  3. 3

    To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

    “I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence.”

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

  2. 2

    A water meadow.

  3. 3

    (in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

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