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Synonyms of the word 
BROOK → ABIDE - ALLOW - BEAR - COUNTENANCE - CREEK - DIGEST - ENDURE - LET - PERMIT - STAND - STOMACH - STREAM - SUFFER - SUPPORT - TOLERATE - WATERCOURSEbrook- v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
- v. (transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract…
- n. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
- n. (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
- n. (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.
abide- v. Accept, comply or act in accordance.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
- v. (intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition;…
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
- v. (intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last.
- v. (transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
- v. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
- v. (transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
- v. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
- v. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
- v. A component in at least one phrasal verb: abide by.
allow- v. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- v. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
- v. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
- v. To not bar or obstruct.
- v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
- v. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
- v. (transitive) To render physically possible.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
- v. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
bear- n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
- n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
- n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
- n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
- v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
- v. (transitive) To carry something.
- v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
- v. (transitive) To wear or display.
- v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
- v. (transitive) To put up with something.
- v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
- v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
- v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
- v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
- v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
- v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
- v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
- v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
- n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
countenance- n. Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
- n. Favour; support; encouragement.
- n. (obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
- n. calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
- v. (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
creek- n. (Britain) A (often saltwater) small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a…
- n. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger…
- n. Any turn or winding.
digest- v. (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for…
- v. (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and…
- v. (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive…
- v. To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
- v. (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical…
- v. (intransitive) To undergo digestion.
- v. (medicine, obsolete, intransitive) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
- v. (medicine, obsolete, transitive) To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To ripen; to mature.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief).
- n. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads…
- n. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
- n. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine…
- n. (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message.
endure- v. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
- v. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- v. (intransitive) To last.
- v. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under…
- v. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
- v. (obsolete) To indurate.
let- v. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
- v. (transitive) To leave.
- v. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
- v. (transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
- v. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
- v. (transitive) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
- v. (transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
- n. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
- v. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
- v. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
- v. (obsolete) To tarry or delay.
- n. An obstacle or hindrance.
- n. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
permit- v. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
- v. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
- v. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
- v. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
- v. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
- v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
- v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for…
- n. (obsolete) Formal permission.
- n. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
- n. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
stand- v. (heading) To position or be positioned physically.
- v. (heading) To position or be positioned mentally.
- v. (heading) To position or be positioned socially.
- v. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified…
- v. (intransitive) To remain without ruin or injury.
- v. (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- n. The act of standing.
- n. A defensive position or effort.
- n. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
- n. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- n. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
- n. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- n. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- n. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and…
- n. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- n. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- n. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- n. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
- n. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural).
- n. (cricket) A partnership.
- n. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
- n. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
- n. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
- n. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own…
- n. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
stomach- n. An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
- n. (informal) The belly.
- n. (obsolete) Pride, haughtiness.
- n. (obsolete) Appetite.
- n. (figuratively) Desire, appetite (for something abstract).
- v. (transitive) To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be angry.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
stream- n. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- n. A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
- n. Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
- n. (sciences, umbrella term) All moving waters.
- n. (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- n. (figuratively) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
- n. (Britain, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
- v. (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
- v. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
- v. (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used…
suffer- v. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
- v. (intransitive) To feel pain.
- v. (intransitive) To become worse.
- v. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To allow.
support- n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
- n. Financial or other help.
- n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
- n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
- n. Evidence.
- n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
- v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
- v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
- v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
- v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
- v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
- v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
tolerate- v. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
watercourse- n. any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.
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