BROOK as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the creek dried up every summer
    Hypernyms(s) brook is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)

BROOK as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • put up with something or somebody unpleasant
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I cannot bear his constant criticism
    • The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
    • he learned to tolerate the heat
    • She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
    Hypernyms(s) brook is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)