Usually means: Small, natural stream of water.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word brook:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. brook: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. brook, brook: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brook, brook: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brook: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brook: Vocabulary.com
  6. Brook, brook: Wordnik
  7. brook: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Brook, brook: Wiktionary
  9. brook: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. brook: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. brook: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Brook, brook: Dictionary.com
  13. brook (n.), brook (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. brook: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Brook (One Piece), Brook (disambiguation), Brook (programming language), Brook (surname), Brook, The Brook (disambiguation), The Brook: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Brook: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. brook: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. brook: Rhymezone
  19. brook: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. brook: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Brook: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. brook: Free Dictionary
  23. brook: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. brook: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. brook: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brook (surname), brook: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brook: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brook: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brook: Geography Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Brook, brook: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See brooked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive, formal, chiefly in the negative) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
verb:  (transitive, now chiefly Scotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
noun:  A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
noun:  (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
noun:  (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.
noun:  A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.
noun:  A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks.
noun:  A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke.
noun:  A town in Newton County, Indiana, United States.
noun:  A number of places in England:
noun:  A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983).
noun:  A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644).
noun:  A hamlet in Albury parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0646).
noun:  A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9338).
noun:  A hamlet in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609)

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