Brook
noun
A small stream of water.
We hiked along the brook in the forest.
Often appears as...
- babbling brook
- mountain brook
verb
Tolerate or allow something.
She will not brook any interference.
Often appears as...
- brook no interference
- brook no delay
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A small stream of water.
We hiked along the brook in the forest.
Often appears as...
- babbling brook
- mountain brook
verb
Tolerate or allow something.
She will not brook any interference.
Often appears as...
- brook no interference
- brook no delay
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Imagery
Brook as a noun often evokes peaceful, natural scenes in literature and poetry.
The gentle brook provided a serene soundtrack to our picnic.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
A brook is smaller than a river. Use it to describe tiny streams, not large bodies of water.
Children love to play by the shallow brook.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Word
'Babbling' is often used with brook to describe the sound of the water flowing over rocks.
We fell asleep listening to the babbling brook.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Imagery
Brook as a noun often evokes peaceful, natural scenes in literature and poetry.
The gentle brook provided a serene soundtrack to our picnic.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
A brook is smaller than a river. Use it to describe tiny streams, not large bodies of water.
Children love to play by the shallow brook.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Word
'Babbling' is often used with brook to describe the sound of the water flowing over rocks.
We fell asleep listening to the babbling brook.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Imagery
Brook as a noun often evokes peaceful, natural scenes in literature and poetry.
The gentle brook provided a serene soundtrack to our picnic.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
A brook is smaller than a river. Use it to describe tiny streams, not large bodies of water.
Children love to play by the shallow brook.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Word
'Babbling' is often used with brook to describe the sound of the water flowing over rocks.
We fell asleep listening to the babbling brook.
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VT Finalist PIPE National...
and so it just took out so many roads and mile miles of roads and bridges and it just destroyed them a lot of them are still not fixed even in the spring like this this is right near my house on broad brook and then so i'm really concerned about climate change and if i could rule the world for a day i would try to combat
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Rethinking manufacturing...
to print and paper or to print and water to print in plastic or to print in metal so you have a very different networking structure very different hierarchical structure with the new technology coming in and then you add the third thing which is robots so the stuff that rod Brooks is doing is incredibly important
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A Man Among Wolves:...
informally growing up my brother and I had to walk a mile and a half to the bus stop the way back was always like this big explore adventure session where we walk on the frozen brook and hopefully fall through I wasn't so bad being self-sufficient was a big part of our childhood and I didn't realize how much
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An ode to the joys of...
are readers willing to devote themselves to any story the packaging doesn't really matter I mean we started from Brooks and now we have digital screens who knows where we'll end up with the important thing is the story inside the story that will capture any reader and make them fly thousands of meters are
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Amanda Gorman: Using...
be bold maya angelou and ozaki shanghai phyllis wheatley lucille clifton gwendolyn brooks joan wicks audrey lord and so many more it might feel like every story has been told before but the truth is no one's ever told my story in the way i would tell it
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The Celebrity Panda PIPE...
can you name me another well-known panda hmm well there's there's duncan brooks the face of the world where i'm both fun lovely photo smashing storyteller matter of fact next actually bomb on the after dinner speaking circuit
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Escape to the Stunning...
a really good paddler both Eric and I have whitewater backgrounds as professional characters that it's kind of funny that neither of us have actually ever been in a canoe and we are on the hunt for brook trout right now
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How Cicadas Become...
study them and so i set out from long island i was at stony brook and drove down the east coast and we just would pull into a town and then we would ask where the skaters were and you could go into any
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Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
exciting probably not far from here in the stream or brook that we have sort of running past this area and possibly with new tiny baby little cubbies are we gonna hang around here because this is
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Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
looking for a mate it's the roger brooks bird wing it's got the most impressive wingspan these are incredibly rare here the simple fact that they're
Video examples
VT Finalist PIPE National...
and so it just took out so many roads and mile miles of roads and bridges and it just destroyed them a lot of them are still not fixed even in the spring like this this is right near my house on broad brook and then so i'm really concerned about climate change and if i could rule the world for a day i would try to combat
Video examples
Rethinking manufacturing...
to print and paper or to print and water to print in plastic or to print in metal so you have a very different networking structure very different hierarchical structure with the new technology coming in and then you add the third thing which is robots so the stuff that rod Brooks is doing is incredibly important
Video examples
A Man Among Wolves:...
informally growing up my brother and I had to walk a mile and a half to the bus stop the way back was always like this big explore adventure session where we walk on the frozen brook and hopefully fall through I wasn't so bad being self-sufficient was a big part of our childhood and I didn't realize how much
Video examples
An ode to the joys of...
are readers willing to devote themselves to any story the packaging doesn't really matter I mean we started from Brooks and now we have digital screens who knows where we'll end up with the important thing is the story inside the story that will capture any reader and make them fly thousands of meters are
Video examples
Amanda Gorman: Using...
be bold maya angelou and ozaki shanghai phyllis wheatley lucille clifton gwendolyn brooks joan wicks audrey lord and so many more it might feel like every story has been told before but the truth is no one's ever told my story in the way i would tell it
Video examples
The Celebrity Panda PIPE...
can you name me another well-known panda hmm well there's there's duncan brooks the face of the world where i'm both fun lovely photo smashing storyteller matter of fact next actually bomb on the after dinner speaking circuit
Video examples
Escape to the Stunning...
a really good paddler both Eric and I have whitewater backgrounds as professional characters that it's kind of funny that neither of us have actually ever been in a canoe and we are on the hunt for brook trout right now
Video examples
How Cicadas Become...
study them and so i set out from long island i was at stony brook and drove down the east coast and we just would pull into a town and then we would ask where the skaters were and you could go into any
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
exciting probably not far from here in the stream or brook that we have sort of running past this area and possibly with new tiny baby little cubbies are we gonna hang around here because this is
Video examples
Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
looking for a mate it's the roger brooks bird wing it's got the most impressive wingspan these are incredibly rare here the simple fact that they're
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Quote examples
Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.
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Joseph Lancaster
English Educator
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.
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Josh Charles
American Actor
One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don't make them any nicer.
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Sarah Steele
American Actress
I'll shout out to James L. Brooks. 'Terms of Endearment' always makes me cry. Also, 'Stepmom' always makes me cry. I guess, you know, mothers dying. It's a safe bet that I'm going to cry.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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Dom DeLuise
American Actor
Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway.
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Robin Lopez
Brook isn't just my brother, he's one of my closest friends. That won't change.
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Ingrid Seward
Writer
The Queen rarely loses her temper, but when she does, she brooks no argument.
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Alexander the Great
Leader
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
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Pete Rose
American Baseball Player
Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.
Quote examples
Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.
Quote examples
Joseph Lancaster
English Educator
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.
Quote examples
Josh Charles
American Actor
One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don't make them any nicer.
Quote examples
Sarah Steele
American Actress
I'll shout out to James L. Brooks. 'Terms of Endearment' always makes me cry. Also, 'Stepmom' always makes me cry. I guess, you know, mothers dying. It's a safe bet that I'm going to cry.
Quote examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
Quote examples
Dom DeLuise
American Actor
Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway.
Quote examples
Robin Lopez
Brook isn't just my brother, he's one of my closest friends. That won't change.
Quote examples
Ingrid Seward
Writer
The Queen rarely loses her temper, but when she does, she brooks no argument.
Quote examples
Alexander the Great
Leader
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Quote examples
Pete Rose
American Baseball Player
Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.
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