a small stream, usually not so large as a river
Origin of brook
Middle English brok from Old English broc; akin to Old High German bruoh, moor, swamp from uncertain or unknown; perhaps
A brook in the woods.
The definition of a brook is a small stream.
An example of a brook is a small flow of water along a wooded path.
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brook
to put up with; endure: usually in the negative: I will brook no interference
Origin of brook
Middle English brouken, to use, enjoy from Old English brucan; akin to German brauchen: for Indo-European base see fruitWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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brook
transitive verb
brooked, brook·ing, brooksTo put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument.
Origin of brook
Middle English brouken from Old English brūcan to use, enjoyTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present brooks, present participle brooking, simple past and past participle brooked)
Origin
From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrūg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Scots brook, brouk (“to use, enjoy”), West Frisian brûke (“to use”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German brauchen (“to need, require, use”), Latin fruor (“enjoy”). Related to fruit.
Noun
(plural brooks)
Origin
From Middle English, from Old English brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”), from Proto-Germanic *brōkaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrāǵ- (“silt, slime”). Cognate with Dutch broek (“marsh, swamp”), German Bruch (“marsh”), Ancient Greek βράγος (brágos, “shallows”) and Albanian bërrak (“swampy soil”).
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Sentence Examples
- On this matter Philip would brook no opposition.
- The streams are well stocked with rainbow and brook trout.
- After that other people brought water from a brook and sprinkled the earth.
- When a solemn embassy of rebuke was sent to Zurich from a diet held at Lucerne, on the 26th of January 1524, the city replied that in matters relating to the Word of God and the salvation of souls she would brook no interference.
- Nantygof, the blacksmith's brook; Trefecca, the house of Rebecca; Llwyn Madoc, Madoc's grove; Pantsaeson, the Saxons' glen, &c. An historical origin is frequently commemorated, notably in the many foundations of the Celtic missionaries of the 5th, 6th and 7th centuries, wherein the word llan (church) precedes a proper name; thus every Llanddewi recalls the early labours of Dewi Sant (St David); every Llandeilo, those of St Teilo; and such names as Llandudno, Llanafan, Llanbadarn and the like commemorate SS.
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