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Brain - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Brain' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Brain [ n.]
- The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
- The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.
- The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding.
- The affections; fancy; imagination.
2 . Brain [ v. t.]
- To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.
- To conceive; to understand.

Meaning of 'Brain' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . brain [ n]
Meaning (1):
- mental ability
Example in sentence:
  • he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
Meaning (2):
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
Example in sentence:
  • he's smart but he's no Einstein;
  • Mozart was a child genius
Meaning (3):
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
Example in sentence:
  • his mind wandered;
  • I couldn't get his words out of my head