brook
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1.0
- noun
- /brʊk/
- One day a beautiful milkmaid was sitting by a bubbling brook.
- brook trout
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- I'm special because I'm the same as you, as others, as the tree, as the brook, as the animals, you know, the woodland creatures.
Examples
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Joze left the clearing, went to the black and silver brook running fat and swift with the night's rain.
Fiction book (1992) -
Across the fields is a brook and a steep, high hillside.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the end of that street, a brook ran under a stone bridge.
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In fact, I saw one swimming in the brook a couple of weeks ago.
Fiction book (1997) -
Crossing the second brook takes her into the woods.
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Sunlight sparkled on the brook and made the new leaves glow like emeralds.
Fiction book (1992) -
Even the bubbling of the brook and the trilling of the birds seemed muted and reverential.
Fiction book (1990) -
The stream had shrunk to a modest murmuring brook, and the humpback bridge looked picturesque instead of perilous.
Fiction book (1992) -
The names Valley and Sierra Nevada conjured images of lush green vegetation, crystalline brooks, and majestic mountains.
Academic text (2010) -
At the end of that street, a brook ran under a stone bridge.
Synonyms
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1.4
A small natural stream of water that often flows into a river
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1.0
A small, narrow flow of water on the ground
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4.6
A smaller river that flows into a larger river or lake
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4.9
A small stream that flows into a larger river
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3.7
A smaller river or stream that flows into a larger one
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4.5
A small fast stream of water in the countryside
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8.5
A small stream of water, especially in northern England and Scotland
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9.6
A small stream that flows only after rain or in wet seasons
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7.3
A small narrow stream of water like a tiny brook
A very small stream that flows through a field or woods
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.1
A small colorful freshwater fish that lives in cold streams and lakes and is caught for food or sport
A thistle that grows near streams and wet meadows in central and southwestern Europe
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Etymology
The word brook meaning 'small stream' comes from an Old English word broc that meant 'little stream'. So a brook is still a small river or stream, the kind of water that flows gently through the countryside.