English Explanatory Dictionary

brook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
  2. To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
  3. To earn; deserve.
noun
  1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  2. A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground.
name
  1. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.
  2. A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks.
  4. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke.
  5. A town in Newton County, Indiana, United States.
  6. A number of places in England:
  7. A hamlet in Tedburn St Mary parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, divided into Higher and Lower Brook (OS grid ref SX8091).
  8. A hamlet in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX4772).
  9. A hamlet in Bramshaw parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2714).
  10. A hamlet in King's Somborne parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3428).
  11. A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983).
  12. A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644).

Pronunciation

/bɹʊk/ brŏŏk en-us-brook.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Brooke.wav /bɹʉk/ /bɹuːk/

Word forms

brook brooks brooking brooked Brooke

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

abear abide aby accept allow bear bide brook dree endure forbear go along with live with pass pocket pouch put up with stand stick stomach suffer swallow take take sitting down thole tolerate undergang undergo apply employ utilize use deserve earn garner merit reap win be worthy of beck burn coulee creek gill rill rivulet stream

Derived words

abrook unbrookable Common nouns American brook char American brook charr babbling brook broker brook alder brookie brook lamprey brookless brooklet brooklike brooklime brook mint brookside brook springfly brook trout brook wakerobin brookweed Proper nouns Allynbrook Anniebrook Ashbrook Bellbrook Bessbrook Blakebrook Bonnie Brook Boorara Brook Bound Brook Boyup Brook Braybrook Briarbrook Broad Brook Brookdale Brooker Brookfield Brookhampton Brookhaven Brookhill Brooklana Brooklands Brooklyn Brooklyn Park Brooksbank Brooks Bay Brookstead Brook Street Brookton Brookvale Brookville Brookwater Bullsbrook Bybrook By Brook Carbrook Carisbrook Carrowbrook Cherrybrook Colbrook
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