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brain
  1. 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.
  2. (informal) An intelligent person.
    1. (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
  3. (plural) Intellect.
    1. (singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
  4. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “I would have loved to have gotten inside the brain of Steve Jobs to find out what made him tick.”
      “History states that Einstein was the brains behind the discovery of the theory of relativity.”
      “This sport, in fact, requires brains in addition to athletic ability.”
brainhood
  1. The property of being a brain.
  2. The idea that to be a human being is to be a brain.
brainpan
  1. (Canada) The skull. [from 10th c.]
  2. (Canada) The brain or mind. [from 17th c.]
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  4. Examples:
    1. “It has something to do with arrogance and materialism and the deadening effect of pop culture on the collective brainpan.”
      “Trust me, it's the kind of movie you'll be jonesing for in about a month once the Bruckheimers and Bays are through brutalizing your brainpan.”
      “Sampled noises are arranged into electro-rhythms, programmed, then layered in your brainpan.”
brainfood
  1. Any food consumed for the purpose of energizing the brain or promoting intellectual thought.
  2. Examples:
    1. “To help fuel your learning, learndirect has teamed up with nutritionist Fiona Hunter to give out brainfood tips.”
      “Primary school children are getting brainfood every morning to help them achieve success in their exams.”
      “To help fuel your learning, learndirect has teamed up with top nutritionist, Fiona Hunter, and TV chef, Danny Boome, to come up with brainfood tips.”
brainiac
  1. (derogatory) A very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “See the brainiac who ripped off Microsoft and then boasted about his vast quantities of illegal gain here.”
      “Josh is well aware that Theo is a scholarship winner and a brainiac who definitely has the power to help him.”
      “I was considered a moody brainiac back in high school, and I poured a lot of my angst into a journal.”
braincase
  1. The part of the skull that contains the brain; the neurocranium.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The outer wall of the braincase becomes the alisphenoid and the dermal skull bones.”
      “The otic capsule became somewhat separated from the rest of the braincase as a pair of petrosals.”
      “The crista prootica is a ridge or ledge of the prootic which runs antero-posteriorly along the side of the braincase above the otic capsule.”
braincast
  1. A cast fossil of the brain of an organism.
brainedness
  1. (in combinations) The state or quality of having a particular type of brain.
brainwork
  1. Work done with the brain; mental effort.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The place of honour was reserved for those crafts in which brainwork took precedence over manual work.”
      “For example, the complicated rotator concept of the V80 involved some head-scratching and lots of brainwork for the Singapore team.”
      “According to Ramanan, the new model represents the combined brainwork of the department.”
brainlessness
  1. The state or condition of being brainless.
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    1. “Many in attendance were embarrassed at the sheer brainlessness of some of the arguments presented.”
      “But this stream of vomit and poo gags is delivered with such brainlessness that they start to resemble a form of torture.”
      “And with House Of Wax's combination of brainlessness and boredom, that's a truly scary thought.”
braininess
  1. The characteristic of being brainy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “That I was inspired to write on a subject I had sworn off for the year is a tribute to Jay's insight and all-around braininess.”
      “If you discount the tempting hypothesis that more boozing leads to more braininess, what may be some of the factors at play?”
      “She stands out, for braininess and for bringing a flash of colour to the dark-suited scrums.”
brainer
  1. (only used in combinations) someone with a certain type of brain
  2. Examples:
    1. “This is a no brainer but make sure all of your buttons are hyperlinked to a page and the right destination page.”
      “If I've got a kid who's about to lob a chair at me it's a no brainer that I need to physically intervene or leave the room.”
      “We have clearly seen the benefits of seatbelt and car seat laws, the mandatory use of helmets is a no brainer!”
braine
  1. Obsolete spelling of brain
  2. Examples:
    1. “The rajah listened to the answers, and then said something eagerly to Mr Braine.”
      “Mr Braine started, looked at his cigar, which was out, and proceeded to relight it.”
      Braine remained in the city during the day, but joined Helen in the evening at the sumptuous Van Duyn summer place.”
brains
  1. plural of brain
  2. (plural only) The substance of a brain as a material or foodstuff.
  3. (plural only, informal) The figurative substance of a brain: mental ability, intelligence.
  4. (plural only, informal, with 'the') The intelligent person or people in a group: the director, planner, administrator, &c.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “He may not have the brawn, but his brains are unmatched when it comes to solving complex puzzles.”
      “Their bodies are in the classroom but their brains are jet-lagged, somewhere in London, and they never left home.”
      “I walk towards him, wracking my brains to remember how I know him, or at the very least, a name.”
braincases
braincasts
  1. plural of braincast
brainfoods
  1. plural of brainfood
brainiacs
  1. plural of brainiac
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  3. Examples:
    1. “With luck, the brainiacs at Movable Type will soon release a single plug-in that autoconfigures this technique, making it point-and-click simple.”
      “Can you please tell the brainiacs and intellectuals that not everyone is a walking dictionary?”
      “It's going to look too obvious if we keep standing here while all of the other brainiacs go to their labs.”
brainpans
  1. plural of brainpan
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Hitchcock was our mountains and our Rivers, curled permanently into our brainpans.”
      “But despite their bantam brainpans, lemurs are extremely alert and inventive.”
      “Let stumps not sprout, but harbor and castle, be brainpans for a hive of thought, stirred awake and hungry and taking off for a sweeter elsewhere.”
brainers
  1. plural of brainer
braines
  1. plural of braine
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