brain
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
Noun 4 meanings
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
Mind.
“I have too much on my brain today.”
Intellect.
“She has a lot of brains.”
An intelligent person.
“She was a total brain.”
Verb 3 meanings
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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną, from Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s, from *mregʰ- + *-n̥.
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BRAIN at a glance
BRAIN has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (B 3 + R 1 + A 1 + I 1 + N 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,176 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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