brook

Meanings

Verb

• To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
• To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
• To earn; deserve.

Noun

• A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
• A water meadow.
• Low, marshy ground.

Related

Similar words

• apply, employ, utilize
• beck
• burn
• coulee
• creek
• stream

Origin

• From Middle English brouken, from Old English brūcan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-. German brauchen is cognate.
• From Middle English brook, from Old English brōc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.