noun
- That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord.
- synonyms: encephalon
- Mental ability.
- usage: "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
- synonyms: brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
- 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"
- synonyms: genius, mastermind, brainiac, Einstein
- The brain of certain animals used as meat.
verb
- Hit on the head.
- Kill by smashing someone's skull. .
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