Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (transitive)To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To earn; deserve.

Examples

40 sentences
  1. We can hear a brook murmuring.

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  2. He dared not jump the brook.

    deEr wagte nicht über den Bach zu springen. — Manfredo

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  3. His pride would not brook such insults.

    ruЕго гордость не позволяла ему сносить подобные оскорбления. — Hellerick

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  4. Did he dare to jump the brook?

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  5. He didn't dare to jump the brook.

    ruОн не осмелился перепрыгнуть ручей. — sharptoothed

    deEr wagte nicht über den Bach zu springen. — Manfredo

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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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Forms

brooks, brooking, brooked, brooked
Base formbrook · to brook
3rd person singularbrooks
Present participlebrooking
Past simplebrooked
Past participlebrooked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybrook
he, she, itbrooks

Past simpleLesson

all personsbrooked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave brooked
he, she, ithas brooked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill brook

Synonyms

43 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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