Brooks

verb

/bɹʊks/

Word Frequency: 5.8

Definitions

1.verbTo use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

2.verbTo earn; deserve.

3.verbTo bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

"I will not brook any disobedience. I will brook no refusal. I will brook no impertinence."

4.nounA body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

5.nounA water meadow.

6.noun(in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

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