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brooking

brooking is the present participle and gerund of brook.

Meaning of brook

Verb

brook (third-person singular simple present brooks, present participle brooking, simple past and past participle brooked)

  1. (formal, transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
    • brook no refusal
  2. (transitive, otherwise Scotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
    • Yea, my Lord: how brooks your Grace the ayre, / After your late toſſing on the breaking Seas?1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    Synonyms:
    apply, employ, utilize, use
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To earn; deserve.
    Synonyms:
    deserve, earn, garner, merit, reap, win, be worthy of

See all 19 meanings of brook

Proper noun capitalized: Brooking

Brooking (plural Brookings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of brooking

pluralBrookings

Questions about brooking

What does brooking mean?
Brooking means a surname.
What is brooking the present participle and gerund of?
Brooking is the present participle and gerund of brook.
What part of speech is brooking?
Brooking is a proper noun.

Words near brooking in the dictionary

  1. Brookharts
  2. Brookhaven
  3. brookie
  4. brookies
  5. brookinaw
  6. brooking
  7. Brookings
  8. Brookings County
  9. Brookings effect
  10. Brookins
  11. Brookinses

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