brook, creek -- (a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer")
Overview of verb brook
The verb brook has 1 sense
digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up -- (put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage")
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