brain

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/bɹeɪn/

noun 5verb 5name 1

Collocations

(noun.) part of the body

ADJ

human

left, right

Creative people often use their right brain more than their left brain.

BRAIN + NOUN

PREP

in the/your ~

She couldn't stop thinking about the argument, and it kept running around in her brain all day.

on the/your ~

She has been thinking about that job interview on her brain all week long.

PHRASES

blow your brains out

He was so frustrated with the difficult math problem that he felt like his brains were blown out.

(noun.) ability to think/intelligence

ADJ

fertile, fine, good, great, quick

muddled, tired

After studying all night, his muddled brain made it difficult to remember the new vocabulary.

analytical

VERB + BRAIN

rack

I racked my brain trying to remember where I had left my passport.

pick sb's

take

It takes real brain to solve that difficult math problem without a calculator.

BRAIN + VERB

function, tick over, work

My brain doesn't function properly when I haven't had enough sleep.

reel

When she heard the unexpected news, her brain reeled for several minutes.

It took a few seconds for his brain to register that he had won the lottery.

BRAIN + NOUN

power, brainpower

PREP

~ behind

She was the brain behind the successful charity project that helped thousands of families.

PHRASES

brains and brawn/brains and not brawn, etc.

She succeeded in her career using brains and brawn, excelling at both strategy and physical demands.

have a brain for sth

My brother has a real brain for languages and picked up Spanish in just six months.

Definitions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

caused the young Princess, the King's only Daughter, to be taken and thrust into a large velvet Sack, and her Brains to be knockt out with great Bars

Mind.

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; […]

Intellect.

"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.

verb

To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.

To strike (someone) on the head.

Lambdon would require medical attention for a fractured skull. It seemed that Fen had passed his wife a couple of telling pictures, whereupon the drab Mrs. Lambdon had brained her husband with a table lamp.

To destroy; to put an end to.

There thou maiſt braine him,

It was the ſwift celeritie of his death / […] That brain'd my purpoſe:

To conceive in the mind; to understand.

'Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen / Tongue, and brain not.

To think effectively.

My brain isn't braining right now.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — that part of the central nervous system that includes all th

encephalon

noun — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and

noun — mental ability

noun — someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and origina

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

brain drain

The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more developed nations.

Fortunately, the often-discussed problem of "the brain drain" is not as serious in agriculture as in most other fields, particularly the "hard sciences."

pick someone's brain

To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone.

After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense.

brain surgery

Surgery on the brain or, loosely, any part of the nervous system.

on the brain

Obsessively in mind.

I've been studying for my electronics exam so hard, for so long, that now I've got circuit diagrams on the brain!

brain surgeon

Someone who does brain surgery.

Example Bank

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The brain of a calf, sheep, and pig, young and served fresh, is reputedly erotic in its effects.

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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

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There thou maiſt braine him,

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It was the ſwift celeritie of his death / […] That brain'd my purpoſe:

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, brain is marked as obsolete, informal, figuratively, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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