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The Meaning of brook

  • (v. t.) A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
  • (v. t.) To use; to enjoy.
  • (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.
  • (v. t.) To deserve; to earn.

Synonyms

Bear , tolerate , suffer , endure , undergo , submit to , permit.

Antonyms

Resist , resent , reject.

Homophones

brooke

Rhymes

bankbook , benbrook , book , brooke , checkbook , chinook , chook , cook , cookbook , cooke , create-a-book , crook , crooke , decook , donnybrook , flook , forsook , gobbledygook , gook , guidebook , handbook , holbrook , hook , hooke , hornbook , inglenook , jokebook , kirkuk , logbook , look , matchbook , mccook , mistook , mook , nook , notebook , outlook , overbook , overcook , overlook , overtook , passbook , pocketbook , precook , rebook , rook , rooke , rulebook , schnook , schook , schoolbook , scrapbook , shnook , shook , sketchbook , snook , storybook , stroock , strook , subnotebook , textbook , took , tooke , undercook , undertook , unhook , vanhook , westbrook , yearbook , zook