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Noun: brook  brūk
  1. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
    "the brook dried up every summer"
    - creek
Verb: brook  brūk
  1. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
    "The new secretary had to brook a lot of unprofessional remarks"
    - digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, abide, suffer, put up

Derived forms: brooks, brooking, brooked

Type of: allow, countenance, let, permit, stream, watercourse

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