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brain

/bɹeɪn/
Dictionary

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.

    "She was a total brain."

  • (in the plural) Intellect.

    "She has a lot of brains."

  • By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.

    "The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second."

  • Oral sex.
  • Mind.

    "I have too much on my brain today."

Synonyms:harns

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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