BROOK

brook

Noun

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

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.


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