Definition of "brain"
- noun
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.
An intelligent person.
A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
Intellect.
By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- verb
To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
To strike (someone) on the head.
To destroy; to put an end to.
To conceive in the mind; to understand.
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