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Synonyms
Noun
- beck [British]
- bourn
- bourne
- brooklet
- burn [British]
- creek
- gill [British]
- rill
- rivulet
- run [chiefly Midland]
- runlet
- runnel
- streamlet
Verb
- abide
- absorb
- accept
- bear
- bide [chiefly dialect]
- countenance
- endure
- go
- hack
- handle
- meet
- stand
- stick out
- stomach
- support
- sustain
- sweat out
- take
- tolerate
- wear [British]
Example Sentences
Noun there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook Verb I will not brook insults from my own employees.
Recent Examples on the Web
James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 The river holds resident populations of brook, brown and rainbow trout, as well as seasonal runs of steelhead, brown trout, coho salmon and chinook salmon. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022 The number of trout/char species stocked in Utah: Tiger, splake, rainbow, lake, cutthroat, brown and brook. Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2022 The companies that market them tend to use terms like sterling and chiffon lace and winding brook. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2022 Anglers who consume brook and brown trout caught in the Monroe County creek should do so no more than once a month. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022 On the last pages of The Secret to Superhuman Strength, Bechdel and her partner Holly stand in the woods beside the brook—depicted as deep, abundant, and flowing—chickadees literally alighting on their hands. Sarah Blackwood, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 There’s a section of Class III–IV whitewater on the upper Tellico for kayaking and world-class brook, brown, and rainbow trout fishing. Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 12 June 2019 The lone call of the magic horn that sounds at its outset trails off into a misty landscape, a trickling brook, a waking dawn and the blunt-force thwack of a cold-water tutti. Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2022 Omid Khazani, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 In a region where leaders brook little dissent, the country of 12 million became a place of free speech and political contestation. Claire Parker, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 This refusal to brook any reform of public-sector performance created charter schools. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 1 June 2022 But empires do not usually brook the emergence of plausible competitors. Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 17 May 2022 Set around a conference table, the play offers a portrait not of an avuncular artist whose childlike imagination took over the world but of a megalomaniac who cannot brook dissent. Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022 Riyadh refused to even brook discussion of Moscow’s difficulties when it was raised at an OPEC+ meeting on March 2. Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com, 11 Mar. 2022 Word to the wise, though: New England’s islanders brook no foolishness. Will Grunewald, Outside Online, 18 June 2020 Deerman’s 3-yard touchdown run with 10:22 remaining in the third quarter brook a 21-21 tie and started a rally that would put the Eagles (11-1) on top for good. Al.com Reports, al, 12 Nov. 2021 See More
Noun
From this vantage point, the highlight that immediately catches the eye is an attractive footbridge that crosses a babbling brook. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 The river holds resident populations of brook, brown and rainbow trout, as well as seasonal runs of steelhead, brown trout, coho salmon and chinook salmon. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022 The number of trout/char species stocked in Utah: Tiger, splake, rainbow, lake, cutthroat, brown and brook. Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2022 The companies that market them tend to use terms like sterling and chiffon lace and winding brook. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2022 Anglers who consume brook and brown trout caught in the Monroe County creek should do so no more than once a month. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022 On the last pages of The Secret to Superhuman Strength, Bechdel and her partner Holly stand in the woods beside the brook—depicted as deep, abundant, and flowing—chickadees literally alighting on their hands. Sarah Blackwood, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 There’s a section of Class III–IV whitewater on the upper Tellico for kayaking and world-class brook, brown, and rainbow trout fishing. Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 12 June 2019 The lone call of the magic horn that sounds at its outset trails off into a misty landscape, a trickling brook, a waking dawn and the blunt-force thwack of a cold-water tutti. Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2022 Verb
Farmers, factory workers, teachers, bus drivers and others have demonstrated or gone on strike to protest their deteriorating living conditions, braving the heavy hand of authorities who brook no dissent. Omid Khazani, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 In a region where leaders brook little dissent, the country of 12 million became a place of free speech and political contestation. Claire Parker, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 This refusal to brook any reform of public-sector performance created charter schools. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 1 June 2022 But empires do not usually brook the emergence of plausible competitors. Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 17 May 2022 Set around a conference table, the play offers a portrait not of an avuncular artist whose childlike imagination took over the world but of a megalomaniac who cannot brook dissent. Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022 Riyadh refused to even brook discussion of Moscow’s difficulties when it was raised at an OPEC+ meeting on March 2. Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com, 11 Mar. 2022 Word to the wise, though: New England’s islanders brook no foolishness. Will Grunewald, Outside Online, 18 June 2020 Deerman’s 3-yard touchdown run with 10:22 remaining in the third quarter brook a 21-21 tie and started a rally that would put the Eagles (11-1) on top for good. Al.com Reports, al, 12 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English brōc; akin to Old High German bruoh marshy ground
Verb
Middle English brouken to use, enjoy, from Old English brūcan; akin to Old High German brūhhan to use, Latin frui to enjoy
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1530, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of brook was before the 12th century Phrases Containing brook
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