brain

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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.

2. 2noun

   The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.

3. 3noun

   The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding.

4. 4noun

   The affections; fancy; imagination.

5. 5transitive verb

   To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.

6. 6transitive verb

   To conceive; to understand.

7. 7noun

   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
8. 8noun

   that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

   "his mind wandered"

   "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

   Synonyms

   headmindnouspsyche
9. 9noun

   mental ability

   "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

   Synonyms

   brainpowermentalitywit
10. 10noun

    the brain of certain animals used as meat

11. 11noun

    someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

    "Mozart was a child genius"

    "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

    Synonyms

    einsteingeniusmastermind
12. 12verb

    kill by smashing someone's skull

13. 13verb

    hit on the head