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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹʊk/, enPR: brŏŏk (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /bɹʉk/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /bɹuːk/ Rhymes: -ʊk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bruke (“to need”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German Low German bruken (“to need”), German brauchen (“to need”), Swedish bruka (“to use”), Icelandic brúka (“to use”). ==== Verb ==== brook (third-person singular simple present brooks, present participle brooking, simple past and past participle brooked) (transitive, formal, chiefly in the negative) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tolerate (transitive, now chiefly Scotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold. Synonyms: apply, employ, utilize (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deserve ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English brook, from Old English brōc (“brook; stream; torrent”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk (“stream”). ==== Noun ==== brook (plural brooks) (Northeastern US) A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream. (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow. (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Common nouns Proper nouns ===== Translations ===== === References === “brook”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Borko, Borok, bokor, obrok == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English bro(o)ken (“to use, enjoy, digest”), from Old English brūcan (“to use, enjoy”). See also brouk. === Verb === tae brook To enjoy; to possess; to have use or owndom of.