Definition of brook Brook
/bɹʊˈk/ - [bruk] - Brook
We found 18 definitions of brook from 7 different sources.
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What does brook mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: brooks |
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| brook - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" | ||
| creek | ||
| watercourse, stream a conduit through which water flows | ||
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Wiktionary 
- brook (Noun)
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream. - brook (Noun)
A water meadow . - brook (Noun)
Low, marshy ground. - brook (Verb)
To use; enjoy; have the full employment of. - brook (Verb)
To earn; deserve. - brook (Verb)
To bear; endure; support; put up with ; tolerate usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- brook (v. t.)
A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. - brook (v. t.)
To use; to enjoy. - brook (v. t.)
To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. - brook (v. t.)
To deserve; to earn.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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brook
A small stream or rivulet, commonly swiftly flowing in rugged terrain, of lesser length and volume than a creek; especially a stream that issues directly from the ground, as from a spring or seep, or that is produced by heavy rainfall or melting snow. -
brook
Periodically inundated area of low ground having shrubs and trees, with or without the formation of peat. -
brook
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to continue to exist or occur without interference; accept or undergo, often unwillingly.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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brook
brōōk, n. a small stream.—ns. Brook′let, a little brook; Brook′lime, a species of speedwell found in ditches. [A.S. bróc, water breaking forth; Dut. broek, Ger. bruch.] -
brook
brōōk, v.t. to enjoy: to bear or endure. [A.S. búrcan, to use, enjoy; Ger. brauchen, L. frui, fructus.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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brook
Streams of fresh or salt water, less than a rivulet, creeping through narrow and shallow passages. The clouds brook-up, when they draw together and threaten rain.
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