verb · transitive · rare

brook

brook · brooks · brooked · brooking

взяти, брати, узяти

взять, брать, принять

nehmen, tragen, (mit Gewalt) nehmen

To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerateTo bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.

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UK/bɹɵk/US/bɹʊk/

» We can hear a brook murmuring.

Meaning

3 senses

(formal, transitive)To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
brook no refusal
I will not brook any disobedience.
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
(transitive)To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
(obsolete, transitive)To earn; deserve.

Examples

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We can hear a brook murmuring.
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He dared not jump the brook.
deEr wagte nicht über den Bach zu springen.
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His pride would not brook such insults.
ruЕго гордость не позволяла ему сносить подобные оскорбления.
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Did he dare to jump the brook?
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He didn't dare to jump the brook.
ruОн не осмелился перепрыгнуть ручей.
deEr wagte nicht über den Bach zu springen.
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Origin

From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook,

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”).

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