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Definition of Brain

1. Verb. Hit on the head. "The fighter managed to brain his opponent"

2. Noun. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord.

3. Verb. Kill by smashing someone's skull.

4. Noun. Mental ability. ; "He's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

5. Noun. That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason. "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

6. Noun. Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality. "He's smart but he's no Einstein"

7. Noun. The brain of certain animals used as meat.

Definition of Brain

1. n. The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.

2. v. t. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.

Definition of Brain

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. An intelligent person. ¹

3. Noun. (context: English pluralia tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something. ¹

4. Noun. (in the plural) Intellect. ¹

5. Noun. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations. ¹

6. Verb. (slang transitive) To strike (someone) on the head. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To kill (a person) by smashing that person's skull. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brain

1. to hit on the head [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Brain

1. One of the two components of the central nervous system, the brain is the centre of thought and emotion. It is responsible for the coordination and control of bodily activities and the interpretation of information from the senses (sight, hearing, smell, etc.). (22 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brain

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