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brook

/ brook /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
"the creek dried up every summer"
Type of:
stream watercourse
Kinds of:
Aegospotami Aegospotamos
verb Sense 2
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"
Type of:
permit allow let
Kinds of:
accept live with swallow stand for hold still for
Derived:
toleration acceptance sufferance abidance tolerance
Verb group:
suffer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
51%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
18
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

stream watercourse Aegospotami Aegospotamos permit allow let accept live with swallow stand for hold still for