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Meaning of brook

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

brook

Pronunciation:/bɹʊk/

verb

Definitions

  1. To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

  2. To earn; deserve.

  3. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

    Example: I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brook

brook

Pronunciation:/bɹʊk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

  2. A water meadow.

  3. (in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brook

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