Brook
[brʊk]
Definition
(noun.) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); 'the creek dried up every summer'.
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rivulet, streamlet, run, RUNNEL, runlet, rill, BURN, small stream.
v. a. Endure, bear, abide, tolerate, suffer, put up with, submit to, bear with, take patiently or easily.
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Definition
n. a small stream.—ns. Brook′let a little brook; Brook′lime a species of speedwell found in ditches.
v.t. to enjoy: to bear or endure.
Typist: Portia
Examples
- Judge my surprise, on finding myself set down at Sir Harry's house in Brook Street, when I thought I was in the New Road. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Such were the singular circumstances in connection with the Resident Patient and the Brook Street Doctor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is true, I gave a little ground at first, for a motley jacket does not brook lance-heads, as a steel doublet will. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- With my pastoral crook I went over the brook, And behold I am spread into bands! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What would you say if I were to start you in Brook Street? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Brook Street business. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Henry and she grew slowly into closer intimacy; but neither he nor she were people to brook the slightest notice of their proceedings. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- This was the company of Captain Horace Brooks, of the artillery, acting as infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Brooks and springs formed in this way are constant feeders of rivers and lakes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Over babbling brooks they took impossible leaps, which seemed to keep them whole days suspended in the air. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I explained to Brooks briefly what I had discovered and what I was about to do. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You are Brooks,' said the gentleman. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She strayed absorbedly on, over the brooks. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Streams usually carry mud and sand along with them; this is particularly well seen after a storm when rivers and brooks are muddy. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I have not been in the habit of brooking disappointment. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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