brook

Definitions

1. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate
2. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.
3. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
   Northeastern, US
4. To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold
5. A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).
6. A water meadow.
   Kent
7. To earn; deserve
8. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks.
9. Low, marshy ground.
   Kent, in-plural
10. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream
11. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke.
12. A water meadow, or low, marshy ground
13. A town in Newton County, Indiana, United States.
14. A number of places in England:
15. A hamlet in Tedburn St Mary parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, divided into Higher and Lower Brook (OS grid ref SX8091).
16. A hamlet in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX4772).
17. A hamlet in Bramshaw parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2714).
18. A hamlet in King's Somborne parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3428).
19. A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983).
20. A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644).
21. A hamlet in Albury parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0646).
22. A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9338).
23. A hamlet in Llanddowror community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609).

Equivalents

Examples

“empties itself, as doth an inland brook / into the main of waters”

“The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land⟳, a land⟳ of brooks of water.”

“But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook,[…].”

“"Most of them don't wash⟳. Those who do usually plunge their head into some brook or rill, if there happens to be one about."”

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