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brook

/bɹʊk/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
  2. To earn; deserve.
  3. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
  4. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  5. A water meadow.
  6. (in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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