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brooke

/bɹʊk/

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Northern Ireland/bɹʉk/

brooke is the obsolete spelling of brook.

brooke is the obsolete spelling of broke.

Meaning of brook

Noun

brook (plural brooks)

  1. (Northeastern, US, parts of UK) A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
    • empties itself, as doth an inland brook / into the main of watersc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (Kent, Sussex) A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground.

See all 19 meanings of brook

Meaning of broke

Verb

broke (third-person singular simple present brokes, present participle broking, simple past and past participle broked)

  1. To act as a broker; to transact business for another; synonym of broker.
    • Agents broking with various other carriers can offer additional options.
  2. (obsolete) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
    • But we do want a certain necessary / Woman, to broke between them CUPID said;1655 [1572], Luís de Camões, translated by Richard Fanshawe, The Lusiad, translation of original in Portuguese, Canto IX, stanza 44

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Proper noun capitalized: Brooke

Brooke

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s. it was further popularized by Brooke Shields in the 80s.
  3. A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8405).

Forms of brooke

Noun
pluralbrookes
Proper noun
alternative formBrook

Origin of brooke

A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.

Words formed from brooke

Words that rhyme with brooke

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Questions about brooke

What does brooke mean?
Brooke means a surname from Middle English.
What is brooke the obsolete spelling of?
Brooke is the obsolete spelling of brook.
What part of speech is brooke?
Brooke is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brooke?
Brooke is pronounced /bɹʊk/.

Words near brooke in the dictionary

  1. brook wakerobin
  2. brookable
  3. Brookbank
  4. Brookbanks
  5. Brookdale
  6. brooke
  7. Brooke County
  8. Brooke's Point
  9. Brooke's Point Palawano
  10. Brookeborough
  11. brooked

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