brook
noun
[ brʊk ]
• a small stream.
• "the Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks"
Similar:
stream,
small river,
streamlet,
rivulet,
rill,
brooklet,
runnel,
runlet,
freshet,
gill,
beck,
bourn,
billabong,
burn,
creek,
Origin:
Old English brōc, of unknown origin; related to Dutch broek and German Bruch ‘marsh’.
brook
verb
• tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition).
• "Jenny would brook no criticism of Matthew"
Similar:
tolerate,
allow,
stand,
bear,
abide,
stomach,
swallow,
put up with,
go along with,
endure,
suffer,
withstand,
cope with,
accept,
permit,
admit of,
countenance,
thole,
stand for,
stick,
hack,
Origin:
Old English brūcan ‘use, possess’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruiken and German brauchen . The current sense dates from the mid 16th century, a figurative use of an earlier sense ‘digest, stomach’.
