What is the meaning of brain?

noun

  • That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord.
  • Mental ability.
    • usage: "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
  • That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason.
    • usage: "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
  • Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality.
    • usage: "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
  • The brain of certain animals used as meat.

verb

  • Hit on the head.
  • Kill by smashing someone's skull. .
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APAWordNet. (2010). brain. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/brain/definitions/1323415
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