brook

/bɹʊk/noun

A small, natural stream of flowing water, smaller than a river.

Example sentence

“A quiet brook runs along the edge of our property.”

As a verb it survives only in negative constructions meaning tolerate: "she would brook no argument". Formal and literary.

Related words

springTo leap or jump suddenly, or to appear or shoot out quickly.creekA small flowing body of fresh water, usually smaller than a river, though in Australia the word can describe much larger watercourses.geyserA natural hot spring that regularly shoots columns of steam and boiling water into the air.lagoonA stretch of shallow water cut off from the open sea by a strip of sand, rock, or reef.reefA ridge of rock, coral, or sand lying just below or at the surface of the sea.lakeA big body of water, or a similar liquid, that is enclosed by land on all sides.