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Defenition of the word brook

    • Defenition of the word brook

      • A small stream or rivulet, commonly swiftly flowing in rugged terrain, of lesser length and volume than a creek; especially a stream that issues directly from the ground, as from a spring or seep, or that is produced by heavy rainfall or melting snow.
      • To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to continue to exist or occur without interference; accept or undergo, often unwillingly.
      • a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
      • put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
      • 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"
      • a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
      • put up with something or somebody unpleasant

    Synonyms for the word brook

      • abide
      • accept
      • allow
      • bear
      • countenance
      • creek
      • digest
      • endure
      • put up
      • put up with
      • river
      • rivulet
      • sanction
      • stand
      • stick out
      • stomach
      • stream
      • suffer
      • support
      • tolerate

    Similar words in the brook

      • brook
      • brook's
      • brooke
      • brooke's
      • brooked
      • brooking
      • brooklyn
      • brooklyn's
      • brooks

    Hyponyms for the word brook

      • accept
      • Aegospotami
      • Aegospotamos
      • bear up
      • brooklet
      • hold still for
      • live with
      • pay
      • sit out
      • stand for
      • submit
      • swallow
      • take
      • take a joke
      • take lying down
      • undergo

    Hypernyms for the word brook

      • allow
      • countenance
      • let
      • permit
      • stream
      • surname
      • watercourse

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