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- DictionaryBrook/bro͝ok/
noun
- 1. a small stream: "the Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks"
The meaning of BROOK is creek. How to use brook in a sentence.
to not allow or accept something, especially a difference of opinion or intention: She won't brook any criticism of her work.
Water Street, formerly Water Lane, had a brook running down one side of it when houses were first built there. So Alan laid his stick across the narrow part, and then jumped over the brook, followed by Owen and Amy. Brook definition: a small, natural stream of fresh water.. See examples of BROOK used in a sentence.
to not allow or accept something, especially a difference of opinion or intention: She won't brook any criticism of her work.
A brook is a small stream. On a hot day, you might enjoy wading in a babbling brook. As a verb, brook is a rather stuffy word for "put up with." The lord of the manor might say, "I will brook no trespassing on my land."
1. countable noun. A brook is a small stream. Synonyms: stream, burn [Scottish, Northern England], rivulet, gill [dialect] More Synonyms of brook. 2. verb. If someone in a position of authority will brook no interference or opposition, they will not accept any interference or opposition from others.
Definition of brook noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define brook. brook synonyms, brook pronunciation, brook translation, English dictionary definition of brook. n. Chiefly Northeastern US See creek. See Note at run. tr.v. brooked , brook·ing , brooks To put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument....
BROOK definition: a small stream. Learn more.
Noun. Pronoun. Filter. verb. brooked, brooks. To put up with; endure. I will brook no interference. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate ( usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object ). I will not brook any disobedience. I will brook no refusal. Wiktionary. Synonyms: put up.
