Meaning of Brawn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
   countable, uncountable
3. Physical strength; muscularity.
   countable, uncountable
4. Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
   British, countable, uncountable
5. A boar.
   UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable

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Examples

“The builders at the site had more brawn than brain.”

“The man was a bruiser, the sort who'd learned his science in tavern brawls. Given his size and lack of agility, he relied on his brawn to win. In any wrestling match, Crowley would triumph easily.”

“The two men were husky, picked for their brawn by the little man who sauntered into the room.”

“The youth agreed to the scheme and used his brawn to begin moving pieces into place, starting by moving the planet Rann into the Thanagarian star system […]”

“Now if your Majesty would have our bristles To bind your mortar with, or fill our colons With rich blood, or make brawn out of our gristles, In policy—ask else your royal Solons— You ought to give us hog-wash and clean straw, And sties well thatched; besides it is the law!”

“It was brawn and shape for high tea.”

“And loud as brawns wer [they] snoring,”

“THE village of Brancepath, pleasantly situated at the distance of four miles and three- quarters south-west by west of Durham, is said to have derived its name (a corruption of Brawn's-path) from a brawn of vast size, [...]”

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