ALL meanings of brain
brain
B b - countable noun brain Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain. 3
- countable noun brain Your brain is your mind and the way that you think. 3
- countable noun brain If someone has brains or a good brain, they have the ability to learn and understand things quickly, to solve problems, and to make good decisions. 3
- countable noun brain If someone is the brains behind an idea or an organization, he or she had that idea or makes the important decisions about how that organization is managed. 3
- verb brain To brain someone means to hit them forcefully on the head. 3
- noun brain the soft convoluted mass of nervous tissue within the skull of vertebrates that is the controlling and coordinating centre of the nervous system and the seat of thought, memory, and emotion. It includes the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum 3
- noun brain the main neural bundle or ganglion of certain invertebrates 3
- noun brain intellectual ability 3
- noun brain shrewdness or cunning 3
- noun brain an intellectual or intelligent person 3
- noun brain a person who plans and organizes an undertaking or is in overall control of an organization, etc 3
- noun brain an electronic device, such as a computer, that performs apparently similar functions to the human brain 3
- verb brain to smash the skull of 3
- verb brain to hit hard on the head 3
- noun brain the mass of nerve tissue in the cranium of vertebrate animals, an enlarged extension of the spinal cord: it is the main part of the nervous system, the center of thought, and the organ that perceives sensory impulses and regulates motor impulses: it is made up of gray matter (the outer cortex of nerve cells) and white matter (the inner mass of nerve fibers) 3
- noun brain a comparable organ in invertebrate animals 3
- noun brain intelligence; mental ability 3
- noun brain a person of great intelligence 3
- noun brain the main organizer or planner of a group activity; chief controller or director 3
- verb transitive brain to dash out the brains of 3
- noun brain mind 1
- noun,plural brain intelligence 1
- noun,plural brain computing: central processing unit 1
- noun brain intelligent person 1
- noun brain person who masterminds sth 1
- transitive verb brain hit in the head 1
- noun brain Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions. 1
- noun brain Zoology. (in many invertebrates) a part of the nervous system more or less corresponding to the brain of vertebrates. 1
- noun brain Sometimes, brains. (used with a plural verb) understanding; intellectual power; intelligence. 1
- noun brain the brain as the center of thought, understanding, etc.; mind; intellect. 1
- noun brain brains, Slang. a member of a group who is regarded as its intellectual leader or planner: The junior partner is the brains of the firm. 1
- noun brain Informal. a very intelligent or brilliant person. 1
- noun brain Informal. the controlling or guiding mechanism in a computer, robot, pacemaker, etc. the part of a computer system for coordination or guidance, as of a missile. 1
- verb with object brain to smash the skull of. 1
- verb with object brain Slang. to hit or bang (someone) on the head. 1
- idioms brain beat one's brains out, Informal. to try very hard to understand and work out a problem, remember something, etc.: She beat her brains out studying for the exam. 1
- idioms brain have something on the brain, to have an obsession; be occupied with: Lately I seem to have food on the brain. 1
- idioms brain pick someone's brains, to obtain information by questioning another person rather than by seeking it independently: He refused to prepare for the exam but counted on being able to pick his roommate's brains. 1
- noun brain organ in head 1
- noun brain 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. 0
- noun brain (Informal) An intelligent person. 0
- noun brain (in the plural) Intellect. 0
- noun brain By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations. 0
- noun brain (Slang) (vulgar) oral sex. 0
- verb brain (Transitive Verb) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull. 0
- verb brain (Transitive Verb) SLA To strike (someone) on the head. 0
- verb brain (Transitive Verb) (figuratively) To destroy; to put an end to. 0
- verb brain (Transitive Verb) To conceive in the mind; to understand. 0