brook

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

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