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Word entry · 5 letters

brook

Best crossword clue

"Narrow flowing stream"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bɹʊk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bkoorStarts with BEnds with K2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • brook no refusal
  • I will not brook any disobedience.
  • I will brook no impertinence.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Narrow flowing stream5 letters
02Tolerate, as behavior5 letters

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