WordUnscrambler Home
brooked
We have found lemma(root) word of brooked : brook.
Definitions
[brʊk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a small stream
(e.g: the Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English brōc, of unknown origin; related to Dutch broek and German Bruch ‘marsh’
[brʊk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition)
(e.g: Jenny would brook no criticism of Matthew)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English brūcan ‘use, possess’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruiken and German brauchen. The current sense dates from the mid 16th century, a figurative use of an earlier sense ‘digest, stomach’
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for brooked
definition by Oxford Dictionaries