Read the dictionary definition of brook. All definitions for this word.
1. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
1. the creek dried up every summer
2. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
1. I cannot bear his constant criticism
2. The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
3. he learned to tolerate the heat
4. She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage