brain
/bɹeɪn/
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
An intelligent person.
“She was a total brain.”
- 3
(in the plural) Intellect.
“She has a lot of brains.”
- 4
By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
“The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.”
- 5
Oral sex.
- 6
Mind.
“I have too much on my brain today.”
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
- 2
To strike (someone) on the head.
- 3
To destroy; to put an end to.
- 4
To conceive in the mind; to understand.
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