brain

  • 41brain — 1. n. a good student; a very intelligent person. (See also brains.) □ I’m no brain, but I get good grades. □ Who was the brain who figured this out? 2. tv. to hit someone (in the head). □ I ought to brain you for that! …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 42brain — See: BEAT ONE S BRAINS OUT, BLOW ONE S BRAINS OUT, ON THE BRAIN, RACK ONE S BRAIN, GET ONE S BRAINS FRIED …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43brain — See: BEAT ONE S BRAINS OUT, BLOW ONE S BRAINS OUT, ON THE BRAIN, RACK ONE S BRAIN, GET ONE S BRAINS FRIED …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 44brain — See: beat one s brains out, blow one s brains out, on the brain, rack one s brain, get one s brains fried …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 45brain — noun 1》 an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.     ↘(brains) the substance of an animal s brain used as food. 2》 intellectual capacity. 3》 …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 46brain — n. the enlarged and highly developed mass of nervous tissue that forms the upper end of the central nervous system . The average adult human brain weighs about 1400 g (approximately 2% of total body weight) and is continuous below with the spinal …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 47brain — n. [A.S. braegen, brain] 1. The nervous center of invertebrates. 2. (ARTHROPODA) The cephalic nerve mass; the encephalon, the supraesophageal ganglion; the archicerebrum. 3. (NEMATA) The nerve ring and associated ganglia …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 48brain — 1. noun /bɹeɪn/ a) 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 …

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  • 49Brain — 1. highly intelligent or well informed person; 2. pl intelligence; 3. hit someone hard, especially about the head; cuff: If you do that again I ll brain you! …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 50brain — Australian Slang 1. highly intelligent or well informed person; 2. pl intelligence; 3. hit someone hard, especially about the head; cuff: If you do that again I ll brain you! …

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