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Synonyms for brook
Synonyms: Noun
beck [British], bourn (or bourne), brooklet, burn [British], creek, gill [British], rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], runlet, runnel, streamlet
Synonyms: Verb
abide, absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]
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there are tiny fish and frogs in that brookVerb
I will not brook insults from my own employees.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The small city earned its name in the 1850s because it was situated between two brooks: Big Bear Creek and Little Bear Creek. — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, "Mollie Tibbetts' disappearance thrust Brooklyn, Iowa into spotlight," 21 Aug. 2018 The rooms overlook a brook and waterfall, plus the Hudson Valley's mountains further in the distance. — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, "Where to Stay in New York's Hudson Valley," 5 Apr. 2019 The town, high in the hills, drops off to reveal a romantic, rock-laden beach cove accessible by a footpath that runs adjacent to a babbling brook. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, "Why Winter Is the Most Inspiring Time to Visit Majorca," 25 Dec. 2018 There are meadows, stone walls and a brook that runs through the land, according to listing agents Gerret C. Conover and Thomas E. LeClair of LandVest, an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate. — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, "On the Market: Katharine Graham’s Summer Estate for $39.5 Million," 1 Aug. 2018 Amid this picture-postcard setting—windswept rock cliffs, babbling brook—with the sound of the waves gently lapping against the shore in the background, finding a place of mental stillness is a lot less challenging. — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, "Can the New Hermès Apple Watch Actually Help You Unplug?," 19 Nov. 2018 Better yet, spend the night at a local inn, which is likely snuggled up to a babbling brook or farmstead. — Kaitlyn Wylde, Vogue, "What’s So Great About Great Barrington? A Weekend Guide to the Quietly Cool Berkshire Town," 25 Oct. 2018 Hitting your local pool, finding a babbling brook, or even looking at a photo of water can be calming. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "Being Near Water Can Improve Your Mental Health," 31 Aug. 2018 The trail follows the north side of the brook and then goes deep into the Salmon River State Forest before hooking up with the old mill road near the falls. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, "Hikers, Are You Up To The Challenge Of These 14 Trails?," 15 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Pick from six sounds: rain, brook, ocean, thunder, white noise, or summer night. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "I Can’t Sleep Without My Big Red Rooster White Noise Machine," 11 Jan. 2019 The friendly staff is likely to tell you what the trout (rainbow, brook, and brown) are biting. — Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Condé Nast Traveler, "3 Best Day Trips from Atlanta," 23 Aug. 2018 Warm Lake is a unique fishery, home to rainbow trout, Kokanee and all three Idaho char species — brook, bull and Mackinaw trout. — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, "Warm Lake offers chance to beat the heat, catch some fish near Cascade," 9 July 2018 As a political figure, advocate and spiritual shepherd, Hughes operated as an unapologetic authoritarian, brooking little dissent. — Terry Golway, WSJ, "‘Dagger John’ Review: Calling Bigotry By Its Name," 8 July 2018 But Holmes was no slouch: a facile mythmaker who brooked no dissent and presided over the workplace from hell. — Stephen Phillips, SFChronicle.com, "New tech books: ‘Bad Blood,’ ‘Live Work Work Work Die,’ ‘The Efficiency Paradox’," 22 June 2018 Every item — brocade sofas, velvet upholstered chairs, metal hinges, parquet de Versailles floors — is period perfect; Smith will brook no interruption of his rococo illusion. — Nancy Hass, New York Times, "In the Heart of Louisiana, One Man’s Impossibly Ornate Home," 8 May 2018 Meanwhile, some of the hardest-line, brook-no-compromise members of the Republican Party discovered a new fondness for foreign-policy realism—at least when it is practised by a president their voters back home adore. — The Economist, "Kim Jong Un did better than Donald Trump at the Singapore summit," 14 June 2018 Flyfishing: The pristine Upper San Joaquin River is a pretty trout stream where flyfishers can catch and release the grand slam of trout fishing: golden, rainbow, brook and brown trout on the same day. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Trails, camps, lakes open for summer in Land of Muir," 17 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'brook.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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