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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
brook n 1: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" [syn: brook, creek] v 1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "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" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooking.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. Fruit, Broker.] 1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten? --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Brook \Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[=o]c; akin to D. broek, LG. br[=o]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See Break, v. t.] A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. [1913 Webster] The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. --Deut. viii. 7. [1913 Webster] Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. --Shak. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary | ||
Brook a torrent. (1.) Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (15:7) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha. (2.) It is also applied to winter torrents (Job 6:15; Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4, 47), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (Num. 13:23; 1 Kings 17:3). (3.) In Isa. 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version. | ||
5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) | ||
Brook, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 1062 Housing Units (2000): 423 Land area (2000): 0.660769 sq. miles (1.711385 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.009309 sq. miles (0.024109 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.670078 sq. miles (1.735494 sq. km) FIPS code: 07966 Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18 Location: 40.866026 N, 87.365812 W ZIP Codes (1990): 47922 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Brook, IN Brook | ||
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