Brook

/bɹʊk/

Synonyms for "brook" (134 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Noun(7 words)

creek stream allow bear beck becks bourne

abideabide withaccept admitadolescent streamallow arroyobe bigbe content withbe easy withbearbear withbeck bideblink atbournbraided streambranch

Verb(2 words)

abide bear

Strong matches (40)

brave brooklet burn channel condoneconnive atcountenance creek crick disregard endure feelflowing streamfluviation fresh freshet gill gohang inhang in there

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hang toughhavehear ofignore indulgejudge notkilllazy streamlean over backwardslisten to reason

Noun(5 words)

burn coulee creeks cricks endure

Adjective(1 words)

clear stream

Verb(4 words)

deserve digest employ endure

Related words (67)

live and let livelive withlook the other waylumplump itmeandering streammidchannel midstream millstreammoving roadnavigable rivernot write offoverlook persevereput up withraceracing streamrill river rivulet

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run rundle runlet runnelsee both sidessikespill streamstandstand forstick stomach streamstream actionstreamlet subscribesubterranean riversuffer supportsuspend judgmentsustain swallow taketake up withtolerate tributaryview with indulgencewadi watercourse waterwaywink at

Noun(10 words)

permit purl rills rivulet staubach stomachs streams toleratetrickling streamwithstand

Verb(7 words)

put upstandstick outstomach suffer support tolerate

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

allow countenance let permit streamverb of permissionverb of tolerancewatercourse

More specific

7 entries

admission authorization bear brooklet endure rivulet withstand

Collocations

11 entries

babbling brookbrook troutclear brookgarden brooklimited allowancesmountain brookno criticismno delayno interruptionno objectionsmall brook

Inflections

4 entries

broke broken brooking brooks

Derivations

1 entries

brooklet

similar

3 entries

ache hurt suffer

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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His pride would not brook such insults.

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We can hear a brook murmuring.

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She watched the children playing in the brook.

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The fallen tree arrested the current of a brook.

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