Noun
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a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
"the creek dried up every summer"
Verb
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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"
- stick out - put up