Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Northeastern, US)A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

    Bach

    руче́йručéj, речу́шкаrečúška

    струмо́кstrumók, поті́кpotík, течія́tečijá

    a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

  2. (Kent)A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground.

    Bruch

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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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a small stream:
Русский
By meaning 1
a small stream:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a small stream:
meadow, march:

Origin

From Middle English brook, from Old English brōc (“brook; stream; torrent”), from Proto-We

From Middle English brook, from Old English brōc (“brook; stream; torrent”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk (“stream”).

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Forms

plural: brooks
Singularbrook
Pluralbrooks

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river):creek

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
brook — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto