Definition of Brain

Noun: brain  breyn

1. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centres; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
   - encephalon
    
2. Mental ability
   "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense";
   - brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit, smarts [N. Amer, Austral]
    
3. That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
   "his brain wandered";
   - mind, head, psyche, nous
    
4. Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
   - genius, mastermind, brainiac [N. Amer], Einstein, brainbox [Brit]
    
5. The brain of certain animals used as meat

1. Hit on the head
    
2. Kill by smashing someone's skull

See also:
brails
brainbox

Anagrams containing the word brain

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