brooks

Noun

• United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
• a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
• plural of brook

Verb

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• third-person singular simple present indicative of brook

Synonyms

abide, bear, brook, creek, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate, Van Wyck Brooks