Brook
- Proper noun. (surname, from Middle English) for someone living by a brook.
- Proper noun. (given name, male) transferred from the surname.
- Proper noun. (given name, female) of modern usage; more often spelled Brooke.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
- Verb. (transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (''usually used in the negative'').
- Noun. a body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
- Noun. (Sussex, Kent) a water meadow.
- Noun. (context, Sussex) low, marshy ground.
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