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English noun: brain | |||
| 1. | brain (body) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | neural structure | ||
| Part holonym | arteria communicans, brain cell, brain stem, brain-stem, brainstem, circle of Willis, communicating artery, forebrain, hindbrain, mesencephalon, midbrain, neencephalon, neoencephalon, prosencephalon, rhombencephalon, ventricle | ||
| Part meronym | caput, central nervous system, CNS, head, systema nervosum centrale | ||
| 2. | brain (cognition) mental ability | ||
| Samples | He's got plenty of brains but no common sense. | ||
| Synonyms | brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intelligence | ||
| 3. | brain (cognition) that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason | ||
| Samples | His mind wandered. I couldn't get his words out of my head. | ||
| Synonyms | head, mind, nous, psyche | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cognition, knowledge, noesis | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ego, noddle, subconscious, subconscious mind, tabula rasa, unconscious, unconscious mind | ||
| 4. | brain (person) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | ||
| Samples | Mozart was a child genius. He's smart but he's no Einstein. | ||
| Synonyms | brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intellect, intellectual | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | prodigy | ||
| 5. | brain (food) the brain of certain animals used as meat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | organs, variety meat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | calf's brain | ||
English verb: brain | |||
| 1. | brain (contact) hit on the head | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to brain his opponent | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
| 2. | brain (contact) kill by smashing someone's skull | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
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