brook meaning

brook as a noun

1. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
   • the creek dried up every summer

   Synonyms: creek

   Type of: stream

   Kinds: Bull Run, Aegospotami, brooklet

brook as a verb

1. 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

   Synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, abide, suffer, put up

   Type of: permit

   Kinds: accept, stand for, bear up, take lying down, take a joke, sit out, pay

brook in a sentence

• She watched the children playing in the brook.
• It's always been one of my dreams to live near a brook.
• A small forest brook flowed between the moss-covered trees.
• I'm so glad there's a brook near Green Gables.
• The babbling music of the brook caresses the apple tree's leaves.

How to pronounce brook

brook is pronounced /brʊk/ in British English and /brʊk/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with brook

• look
• book
• hook
• cook
• overlook
• crook
• nook
• shook