brain
Definitions
- 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.
- A surname.
- To hit on the head or kill by hitting on the head.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- nerd
- Informal To exert or expend great mental effort: She beat her brains out during the examination.
- Mind.
- Obsessively in mind: The coach has winning on the brain.
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Intellect. countable, in-plural, uncountable
- To explore another's ideas through questioning.
- An intelligent person.
- To think long and hard: I racked my brain for hours trying to recall her name.
- A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- have on the brain, to think about constantly.
- An intellectual or mental capacity.
- the process of providing a person with visual or auditory evidence of the quality of an autonomie physiological function so that he may attempt to exercise conscious control over it.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- the surgical operation of opening the skull, as for an operation on the brain.
- Oral sex.
- the comparative study of complex electronic devices and the nervous system in an attempt to understand better the nature of the human brain. — cyberneticist, n. — cybernetic, adj.
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- an inflamed condition of the brain.
Equivalents
Examples
“The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.”
“The brain of a calf, sheep, and pig, young and served fresh, is reputedly erotic in its effects.”
“Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study⟳ of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set⟳ bedtime, researchers found.”
“The left brain, or that which supplies and animates the right side of the body, is the most active brain, as a general rule⟳.”
“What is expressed in the lotus, the plumed serpent, or the staff of Osiris is the yogi's knowledge of the three brains of man. The first brain is the reptilian brain of the spinal cord, the brain of instinctive reflexes, the brain of the subconscious.”
“I have⟳ too much on my brain today.”
“And I should tell⟳ him all my pain, / And how my life had droop’d of late, / And he should sorrow o’er my state / And marvel what possess’d my brain; […]”
“"We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program⟳ in Des Moines.”
“She has a lot of brains.”
“She was a total brain.”
“Peebee: The brains and I are comparing Remnant notes and filling in the blanks.”
“He is the brains behind the scheme.”
“Gerald always acts like⟳ he doesn't have⟳ a brain.”
“The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.”
“Have⟳ you ever popped champagne on a plane, while gettin' some brain?”
“You said I got brain from your dame in the range / In the passing lane / But you really ain't got no proof”
“Got your nigga going / Going insane and so do I when he give⟳ me brain”
“She giving brain / She eat⟳ the dick up like⟳ some M&Ms”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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