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brook

/bɹʊk/noun, verb1 syllable

Brook means: put up with something or somebody unpleasant.

Synonyms for brook29

noun, as in a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

creek

verb, as in put up with something or somebody unpleasant

digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, abide, suffer, put up, hurt, ache

also used for brook

abear, aby, accept, allow, bide, dree, apply, employ, utilize, use, beck, burn, coulee, gill, rill

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What does brook mean?2

verb

1

put up with something or somebody unpleasant“I cannot bear his constant criticism”

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with brook?12

one syllable

looktookbookcookhookshookcrooknookrook

two syllables

mistook

three syllables

undertookovertook
Show 40 near rhymes
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Brook in a sentence

  • In my village, there is a small, narrow footbridge over a brook.unknown
  • She watched the children playing in the brook.CM
  • The fallen tree arrested the current of a brook.unknown
  • He didn't dare to jump over the brook.unknown
  • The murmur of the brook lulls me to sleep.CM
  • The water in this brook is cool and clear.sharptoothed
  • It's quite a jump from one side of the brook to the other.sharptoothed
  • We haven't found gold in the brook either.maaster

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Forms of brook

as a noun

plural
brooks

as a verb

past tense
brooked
present participle
brooking
third-person singular
brooks
past participle
brooked