Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word BROOK

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Definitions of BROOK

1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
2. (transitive, formal, chiefly in the negative) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
4. (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
5. (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.
6. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.
7. A male given name from surnames.
8. A female given name from surnames.
9. A town in Newton County, Indiana, USA.
10. A number of places in England:
11. (transitive, now chieflyScotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
12. A hamlet in Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609).
13. A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך.

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Examples of Using BROOK in a Sentence

• Southwest of Gruyères, the municipality comprises most of the catchment area of the brook Albeuve, which originates on the flanks of mount Moléson.
• It is fed by five Dartmoor rivers: the West Dart, the Cowsic, the Hart Tor Brook, the River Meavy and the Blackabrook (this last apparently was the first portion to supply Plymouth Dock).
• The name "Holborn" may derive from the Middle English hol for "hollow", and bourne, a "brook", referring to the River Fleet as it ran through a steep valley (hollow) in places.
• The hamlet of Homerton (Humberton or Hummerton, named for the farm of a woman named Hunburh) developed for about a half-mile along the road on the north side of the now buried and lost Hackney Brook, within the vale formed by the brook.
• The name derives from a corruption of Sayers brook, a tributary of the River Roding that flows through Wanstead to the East.

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