brook

nouns

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

"the creek dried up every summer"

brook, creek

verbs

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

"I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate