Brain
21brain — n. & v. n. 1 an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation, and of intellectual and nervous activity. 2 (in pl.) the substance of the brain, esp. as food. 3 a a person s …
22brain — I UK [breɪn] / US noun Word forms brain : singular brain plural brains *** 1) [countable] the organ inside your head that allows you to think and feel, and controls your body The human brain is divided into two halves. The illness had affected… …
23brain — 01. He suffered some [brain] damage as a result of hitting his head on the ice when he fell while skating. 02. She s a total [brain] in chemistry. 03. You really have to use your [brain] if you want to solve this puzzle. 04. Frank is the head of… …
24brain — brain1 [ breın ] noun *** 1. ) count the organ inside your head that allows you to think and feel, and controls your body: The human brain is divided into two halves. a ) only before noun belonging to or connected with the brain: a brain… …
25brain — n. 1) to use one s brain 2) to beat, rack one s brain over (she racked her brain over the problem) 3) to pick smb. s brain 4) (colloq.) on the brain (he has nothing but rock music on the brain) * * * [breɪn] rack one s brain over (she racked her… …
26brain — {{11}}brain (n.) O.E. brægen brain, from P.Gmc. *bragnam (Cf. M.L.G. bregen, O.Fris., Du. brein), from PIE root *mregh m(n)o skull, brain (Cf. Gk. brekhmos front part of the skull, top of the head ). But Liberman writes that brain has no… …
27brain — [[t]bre͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦ brains, braining, brained 1) N COUNT Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body s activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain. Her father died of a brain tumour. 2) N COUNT …
28Brain — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Brain peut faire référence à : Patronyme Jimmy Brain (1900 1971), footballeur anglais. Steve Brain (né en 1954), joueur anglais de rugby à XV.… …
29brain — 1 /breIn/ noun 1 ORGAN (C) the organ inside your head that controls how you think, feel, and move: Messages from the brain are carried by the central nervous system. 2 INTELLIGENCE (U) also brains plural the ability to think clearly and learn… …
30brain — /breɪn / (say brayn) noun 1. (sometimes plural) the soft convoluted mass of greyish and whitish nerve tissue which fills the cranium of humans and other vertebrates; centre of sensation, body coordination, thought, emotion, etc. 2. Zoology (in… …
