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Brooks

/bɹʊks/

To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

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📖 Definitions of "Brooks"

verb

1
To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
2
To earn; deserve.
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."

noun

1
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
2
A water meadow.
3
(in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Brooks"

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Word	Definition
abideverb	Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
endureverb	(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
tolerateverb	(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
standnoun	The act of standing.
put upverb	(transitive) To place in a high location.
sufferverb	(intransitive) To feel pain.
creeknoun	(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
stomachnoun	An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
bearnoun	A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
brookesnoun	A surname.
sumnernoun	A surname originating as an occupation for a summoner in court.
admitsverb	(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
broxnoun	—
creeksnoun	(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
streams	In computer networking, STREAMS is the native framework in Unix System V for implementing character device drivers, network protocols, and inter-process communication.
rivuletsnoun	A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
burnsnoun	Robert Burns, Scottish writer.
runnelsnoun	A surname.
rillsnoun	A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
gutsnoun	(by extension, informal) Courage; determination.