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   brain

   /breɪn/

   noun

   • 1. an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity: "a brain tumour" Similar cerebrumcerebral mattertechnical:encephalon
   • ▪ the substance of an animal's brain used as food.
   • ▪ an electronic device with functions comparable to those of the human brain: informal "an electronic brain"
   • 2. intellectual capacity: "I didn't have enough brains for the sciences" Similar intelligenceintellectintellectual capacitymental capacitybrainpowerclevernesswitwitspowers of reasoningreasoningwisdomsagacityacumendiscernmentshrewdnessjudgementunderstandingcommon sensesensemindheadinformal:nousgrey mattersavvybraininessloafupper storeysmartskop
   • ▪ a clever person who supplies the ideas and plans for a group of people: informal "Tom was the brains of the outfit" Similar clever personintellectualintellectbluestockingthinkerhighbrowmindscholarsagegeniusEinsteinpolymathprodigymastermindinformal:eggheadbright sparkbrainboxclever clogsboffinbrainiacrocket scientistOpposite dunceidiot
   • ▪ a person's mind: "a tiny alarm bell began to ring in her brain"

   verb

   • 1. hit (someone) hard on the head with an object: informal "she brained me with a rolling pin"

   Word Origin Old Englishbrægen, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch brein.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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