'Brook' definitions:

Definition of 'brook'

(from WordNet)
noun
A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" [syn: brook, creek]
verb
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]

Definition of 'Brook'

From: GCIDE
  • Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooking.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. Fruit, Broker.]
  • 1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten? --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Brook'

From: GCIDE
  • Brook \Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[=o]c; akin to D. broek, LG. br[=o]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See Break, v. t.] A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. [1913 Webster]
  • The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. --Deut. viii. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'brook'

From: Easton
  • Brook a torrent.
  • Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (15:7) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha.
  • It is also applied to winter torrents (Job 6:15; Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4, 47), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (Num. 13:23; 1 Kings 17:3).
  • In Isa. 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version.

Synonyms of 'brook'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Brook, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Brook, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000) :
1062
Housing Units (2000) :
423
Land area (2000) :
0.660769 sq. miles (1.711385 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.009309 sq. miles (0.024109 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.670078 sq. miles (1.735494 sq. km)
FIPS code :
07966
Located within :
Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location :
40.866026 N, 87.365812 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
47922
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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