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Another word for brook

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brook

n.

creek, stream, streamlet; see river 1.

brook Synonyms

brook

v.

tolerate, suffer, stand for, accept; see endure 2. See syn. study at endure.

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Another word for brook

verb

To put up with:

abide, accept, bear, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand. (Informal) lump². Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See accept

noun

A small stream:

creek. (Chiefly Regional) branch, kill², run. See dry

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On this matter Philip would brook no opposition.
The streams are well stocked with rainbow and brook trout.
After that other people brought water from a brook and sprinkled the earth.
When a solemn embassy of rebuke was sent to Zurich from a diet held at Lucerne, on the 26th of January 1524, the city replied that in matters relating to the Word of God and the salvation of souls she would brook no interference.
Nantygof, the blacksmith's brook; Trefecca, the house of Rebecca; Llwyn Madoc, Madoc's grove; Pantsaeson, the Saxons' glen, &c. An historical origin is frequently commemorated, notably in the many foundations of the Celtic missionaries of the 5th, 6th and 7th centuries, wherein the word llan (church) precedes a proper name; thus every Llanddewi recalls the early labours of Dewi Sant (St David); every Llandeilo, those of St Teilo; and such names as Llandudno, Llanafan, Llanbadarn and the like commemorate SS.

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