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IN BRIEF: A tiny stream of water.
Kelly liked to fish in the brook behind the barn.
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categories related to 'brook'
- Inland Waterways and Lakes - brook: small stream of fresh water
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A brook is a small stream. The word may also refer to:
Places
- In the United Kingdom:
- Brook, New Forest, Hampshire
- Brook, Test Valley, Hampshire
- Brook, Isle of Wight
- Brook, Kent
- Brook, Surrey
- Brook, Carmarthenshire
- In the United States:
People
For an etymology and history of the surname, see Brooks (surname).
- A persona of Mary J. Blige
- Brook (One Piece), a fictional skeleton from the anime and manga One Piece
- Brook Mahealani Lee (born 1971), former Miss USA and Miss Universe (1997) from Hawaii, USA
- Abraham Brook (flourished 1789), English physicist and bookseller
- Basil Brook (1576 – c. 1646), English ironmaster, see Basil Brooke (metallurgist)
- Benjamin Brook (1776–1848), English nonconformist minister and religious historian
- Charles Brook (philanthropist) (1814–1872), English philanthropist
- Claudio Brook (1927–1995), Mexican actor
- Clive Brook (1887–1974), English actor
- David Brook (also Broke or Brooke) (c. 1498 – 1560) English judge and Member of Parliament
- Eric Brook (1907–1965), English footballer
- Faith Brook (born 1922), English actress
- Holly Brook (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
- Jayne Brook (born 1962), American actress
- Kelly Brook (born 1979), English model
- Michael Brook (born 1951), Canadian guitarist, inventor, producer, and film music composer
- Norman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook
- Peter Brook (born 1925), English theatre and film director and innovator
- Richard Brook (chief executive), English executive
- Timothy Brook (historian) (born 1951), Canadian historian
- Tom Brook (born 1953), BBC World presenter
- Yaron Brook
Other uses
- Brook (programming language), a programming language for GPU programming based on C
- Brook, meaning fart in the Tamil language of India
- Brook+, an explicit data-parallel C compiler
- BrookGPU, a framework for GPGPU programming
See also
- Brooke (disambiguation)
- Brooks (disambiguation)
- Brock (disambiguation)
- Brock (surname)
- Bruck (disambiguation)
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Brook
2.
v. tr. - tåle, finde sig i
Nederlands (Dutch)
beek, (geduldig) verdragen
Français (French)
1.
n. - ruisseau
2.
v. tr. - tolérer, souffrir, supporter, admettre/souffrir (un délai)
2.
v. - dulden, ertragen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποταμάκι, ρυάκι
v. - ανέχομαι, υπομένω
Português (Portuguese)
n. - riacho (m)
v. - tolerar
Русский (Russian)
ручей, терпеть
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - arroyo, riachuelo
2.
v. tr. - sufrir, aguantar, tolerar
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bäck
v. - tråla, fördraga, finna sig i
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 小河, 小溪
2. 容忍, 容许
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 小河, 小溪
2.
v. tr. - 容忍, 容許
2.
v. tr. - ~에 견디다, ~을 허락하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小川
v. - 耐える
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جدول مائي, نهر صغير (فعل) تحمل, أطاق, صبر على
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נחל קטן, פלג, פלגלג
v. tr. - סבל, נשא
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