Noun
- (n.) brain, encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)
- (n.) brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit (mental ability) "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
- (n.) mind, head, brain, psyche, nous (that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason) "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
- (n.) genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein (someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality) "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
- (n.) brain (the brain of certain animals used as meat)
Verb
- (v.) brain (hit on the head)
- (v.) brain (kill by smashing someone's skull).
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