brook

Noun

• a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
  • the creek dried up every summer
    

Verb

• 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