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]

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.
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   2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young
      men can not brook restraint. --Spenser.
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            Shall we, who could not brook one lord,
            Crouch to the wicked ten?             --Macaulay.
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   3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.
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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.
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         The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land
         of brooks of water.                      --Deut. viii.
                                                  7.
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         Empires itself, as doth an inland brook
         Into the main of waters.                 --Shak.
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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.
   

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:
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