brooks Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
   Van Wyck Brooks.
   
2. noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
   brook; creek.
   
   • the creek dried up every summer
3. verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; endure; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
   
   • 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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