Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brook \Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[=o]c; akin to
   D. broek, LG. br[=o]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch
   marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it
   signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or
   brook, as well as a marsh. See {Break}, v. t.]
   A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

         The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land
         of brooks of water.                      --Deut. viii.
                                                  7.

         Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main
         of waters.                               --Shak.

Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Brooking}.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS.
   br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G.
   brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L.
   frui, to enjoy. Cf. {Fruit}, {Broker}.]
   1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young
      men can not brook restraint. --Spenser.

            Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to
            the wicked ten?                       --Macaulay.

   3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.

Source : WordNet®

brook
     n : a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
         tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
         [syn: {creek}]

brook
     v : 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" [syn: {digest}, {endure}, {stick out}, {stomach},
          {bear}, {stand}, {tolerate}, {support}, {abide}, {suffer},
          {put up}]