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Antonyms for brook

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : broo k
Phonetic Transcription : brʊk


Definition of brook

Origin :
  • "small stream," Old English broc "flowing stream, torrest," of obscure origin, probably from Proto-Germanic *broka- which yielded words in German (Bruch) and Dutch (broek) that have a sense of "marsh." In Sussex and Kent, it means "water-meadow," and in plural, "low, marshy ground."
  • noun stream of water
  • verb endure, accept
Example sentences :
  • I doubt me whether the poor old hound will brook the journey.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The banks of the brook at this spot are composed of purple-brown slate (Silurian).
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Their outburst of melody is like a brook let loose from wintry chains.
  • Extract from : « Buds and Bird Voices (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Down the hill they thundered, over the brook and up to the scene of the contest.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "And the glad song of the brook will be always in our ears," said Lilias Fay.
  • Extract from : « The Lily's Quest (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "But I had money to pay for the brook and the bridge before I agreed to them," said Peter.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • He cannot brook denial, when once he fixes his heart on a thing.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • How noisy and romping the brook was; how capricious, how playful, how furtive!
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • The brook continued of the same size, and the country of the same character.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Then it fell over on its side, bridging blackly the white ice of the brook.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen

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