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Past tense of brook

regular verb

The past tense of brook is brooked. The past participle is also brooked.

Forms of brook

Base form (V1)brook /bɹʊk/
Past tense (V2)brooked
Past participle (V3)brooked
Present participlebrooking
Third person singularbrooks /bɹʊks/

Meaning of brook

  1. verb To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
  2. verb To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
  3. verb To earn; deserve.

Full definition of brook

Questions about the past tense of brook

What is the past tense of brook?
The past tense of brook is brooked.
What is the past participle of brook?
The past participle of brook is brooked.
Is brook a regular or irregular verb?
Brook is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brook (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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