Definition of brook
: creek 2
- a babbling brook
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Examples of brook in a Sentence
there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook
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The hillsides around the brook are filled with foundations of all shapes and sizes.
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As for the grounds, beautifully landscaped gardens, a lily pond, brooks, bridges, and more than enough space to frolic await.
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Cat Hollow Park is now even more handicapped accessible with views of the dams, scenic babbling brook and mill ponds.
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Visitors take a right to follow the brook to Diamond Lake Road.
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The project, expected to be undertaken later this year, will involve, among other things, changing the brook's flow.
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It was later decided that, to accommodate the project, the connector path would have to be located on the brook's north side, near the Som Court properties.
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Warm Lake is one of the few places in Idaho that contains all three, and bull-brook hybrids are common when the two species overlap.
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Slide into some waders and follow the short path to North Lake, a rare opportunity to catch brook, rainbow and brown trout in the same place.
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Origin and Etymology of brook
Middle English, from Old English brōc; akin to Old High German bruoh marshy ground
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First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined above
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Definition of brook
: to stand for : tolerate
- he would brook no interference with his plans
Examples of brook in a Sentence
I will not brook insults from my own employees.
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Not only is Lendl an ideal coach, who will brook no immaturity and has a track record of making good players great; Lendl, too, knows about the burden that comes with expectation and taking longer than preferred to break through.
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The protesters’ chants and attacks on government buildings have broken taboos in a system that brooks little dissent.
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The bonus brook and brown trout are surprising fishermen.
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Democratic interest groups are explicit in demanding that Democratic judicial nominees be committed to overturning Citizens United’s defense of free speech while brooking no modification in Roe v. Wade.
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Their chants and attacks on government buildings broke taboos in a system that brooks little dissent.
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From this self-laudatory funhouse has emerged a host of cynical entrepreneurs, each with the same approach to our dismal, fractious moment: Take no prisoners, brook no opposition, and never, ever step away from the umbrage.
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The state of New Hampshire, for example, has concluded that climate change could reduce the numbers of ski days in the state by as much as 20 percent and nearly wipe out rainbow, brook and brown trout fishing.
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Together, these read as a single message: Irrespective of the president, the GOP doesn’t brook or apologize for white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
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Origin and Etymology of brook
Middle English brouken to use, enjoy, from Old English brūcan; akin to Old High German brūhhan to use, Latin frui to enjoy
brook Synonyms
Synonyms
abide, absorb, accept, bear, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate;
Near Antonyms
decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down;
combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist;
avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss;
Related Words
allow, permit, suffer, swallow;
acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to);
Phrases
live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it);
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: to allow (something) to exist or happen
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