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noun
- 1. a small stream: "the Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks"
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to allow or accept something, esp. a difference of opinion or intention: She won’t brook any criticism of her work.
Noun. Look east from the cemetery, to an adjacent field where cattle graze, birds sing and a brook babbles: This will become a 116-acre data center housing 2.2 million square feet of massive structures with concrete walls up to 70 feet high.
to allow or accept something, esp. a difference of opinion or intention: She won’t brook any criticism of her work.
If someone in a position of authority will brook no interference or opposition, they will not accept any interference or opposition from others.
A brook is a small stream. On a hot day, you might enjoy wading in a babbling brook. As a verb, brook is a rather stuffy word for "put up with." The lord of the manor might say, "I will brook no trespassing on my land."
Definition of brook noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define brook. brook synonyms, brook pronunciation, brook translation, English dictionary definition of brook. n. Chiefly Northeastern US See creek. See Note at run. tr.v. brooked , brook·ing , brooks To put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument....
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Britannica Dictionary definition of BROOK. [count] : a small stream. a babbling brook. . BROOK meaning: to allow (something) to exist or happen usually used with no.
Meaning of brook – Learner’s Dictionary. brook. noun [ C ] uk/brʊk/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. a small stream. (Definition of brook from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of brook. in Chinese (Traditional) 小溪，小河… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 小溪，小河… See more. in Spanish.
