brain
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English, derived from Old English braegen and bregen.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪn
[edit] Noun
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brain (plural brains)
- 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.
- An intelligent person.
- He was a total brain.
- (English pluralia tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The brains behind the scheme
- (in plural brains) Intellect.
- He has a lot of brains.
- 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.
[edit] Translations
organ
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intelligent person
person providing intelligence
brains: intellect
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[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from brain (noun)
[edit] Verb
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to brain (third-person singular simple present brains, present participle braining, simple past and past participle brained)
- (slang, transitive) To strike (someone) on the head.
- (transitive) To kill (a person) by smashing that person's skull.
[edit] Quotations
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[edit] Translations
to strike on the head
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to kill a person by smashing the skull
