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English Dictionary: brook	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for brook
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brook n a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" Synonym(s): brook, creek v put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" Synonym(s): digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brook \Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[d3]c; akin to D. broek, LG. br[d3]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See {Break}, v. t.] A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. --Deut. viii. 7. Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brooking}.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br[?]can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr[?]hhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br[?]ka, Goth. br[?]kjan, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. {Fruit}, {Broker}.] 1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. --Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten? --Macaulay. 3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brook, IN (town, FIPS 7966) Location: 40.86599 N, 87.36579 W Population (1990): 899 (386 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47922
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Brook a torrent. (1.) Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (15:7) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha. (2.) It is also applied to winter torrents (Job 6:15; Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4, 47), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (Num. 13:23; 1 Kings 17:3). (3.) In Isa. 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version.