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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream of water |
| Synonyms: | beck, branch, burn, creek, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet, watercourse |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, be big, be game for, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hear of, hold with, indulge, let, license, live with, oblige, okay, pass, pass on, put up with, recognize, release, sanction, sit still for, stand, suffer, support, take kindly to, tolerate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrow body of water |
| Synonyms: | branch, brook, channel, creek, estuary, firth, fjord, inlet, rivulet, sound, strait, stream, subdivision, tributary |
Example Sentences
- None of these facts brook disagreement, but here the unity ends.
- Just above the waterfall, the brook was calm-almost stagnant-and only inches deep.
- Finding traces of pollution in a supposedly pristine mountain brook is sadly no longer surprising.
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, admit, allow, brook, encounter, experience, permit, put up with, stomach, suffer, tolerate, undergo |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, shun |
| Main Entry: | creek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream of water |
| Synonyms: | brook, brooklet, burn, crick, ditch, race, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, spring, streamlet, tributary, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tolerate, endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, brook, go, stand, stomach, swallow, take |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bear hardship |
| Synonyms: | abide, accustom, allow, be patient with, bear the brunt, brave, brook, cope with, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, grin and bear it, hang in, keep up, know, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, permit, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out, sit through, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach*, subject to, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take patiently, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come up against a situation |
| Synonyms: | abide, accost, affront, allow, be confronted by, bear, beard, bit the bullet, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, cope with, countenance, court, cross, dare, deal with, defy, encounter, endure, experience, eyeball, fight, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, meet, oppose, resist, risk, run into, square off, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, take the bull by the horns, tell off, tolerate, venture, withstand |
| Antonyms: | hide, retreat, run, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear, brook, consent to, let, permit, put up with, stand, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, tolerate |
| Antonyms: | surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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