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Human Brain, Noun-definition 1
Human Brain, Noun-definition 1

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Middle English, derived from Old English braegen and bregen.

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Singular
brain

Plural
brains

brain (plural brains)

  1. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
  2. An intelligent person.
    He was a total brain.
  3. (English pluralia tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
    The brains behind the scheme
  4. (in plural brains) Intellect.
    He has a lot of brains.
  5. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
    The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.

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Infinitive
to brain

Third person singular
brains

Simple past
brained

Past participle
brained

Present participle
braining

to brain (third-person singular simple present brains, present participle braining, simple past and past participle brained)

  1. (slang, transitive) To strike (someone) on the head.
  2. (transitive) To kill (a person) by smashing that person's skull.

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