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brain

The correct spelling is brain.

How to pronounce brain

/bɹeɪn/
noun

IPA: /bɹeɪn/

Say it like: Bra-yn

The correct spelling is brain. 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. For example: "She was a total brain."

Usage Examples

She was a total brain.

She has a lot of brains.

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.An intelligent person.
  3. 3.(in the plural) Intellect.
  4. 4.By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
  5. 5.Oral sex.

verb

  1. 1.To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
  2. 2.To strike (someone) on the head.
  3. 3.To destroy; to put an end to.
  4. 4.To conceive in the mind; to understand.

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