brook

Meaning

Verb

1. (formal, transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
2. (Scotland, transitive) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To earn; deserve.

Noun

1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
2. (Kent) A water meadow.
3. (Kent, in-plural) Low, marshy ground.

Synonyms

stream

creek

rivulet

river

tolerate

stomach

endure

bear

🐻

digest

streamlet

small river

stand

support

abide

burn

mountain stream

stick out

ditch

rill

condone

put up with

suffer

put up

valley

runlet

runnel

take

flow

run

beck

watercourse

pit

irrigation ditch

brooklet

hold still for

underbridge

river water

anabranch

overbridge

water

🚰

water running

creek

accept

🉑

admit

allow

bear with

bide

bourn

bourne

brave

Translations

ruisseau

arroyo

Bach

ruscello

beek

torrente

riacho

ρυάκι

río

rierol

riachuelo

fleuve

rivière

tolérer

ribeiro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹʊk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: brouken

Inherited from Old English: brūcan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: bruke

Cognate with Dutch: bruiken

Cognate with German: brauchen

Cognate with Swedish: bruka

Cognate with Icelandic: brúka

Inherited from Middle English: brook

Inherited from Old English: brōc

In summary

From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to enjoy”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian bruke (“to need”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German Low German bruken (“to need”), German brauchen (“to need”), Swedish bruka (“to use”), Icelandic brúka (“to use”).