Brook meaning

bro͝ok
A small stream, usually not so large as a river.
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To put up with; tolerate.

We will brook no further argument.

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A surname​, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).
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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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To put up with; endure.

I will brook no interference.

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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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A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
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(Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
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(Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.
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A surname​ for someone living by a brook.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A female given name of modern usage; more often spelled Brooke.
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Origin of brook

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.

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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