| NOUN | body | brain, encephalon | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers |
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| cognition | brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit | mental ability | |
| cognition | brain, mind, head, psyche, nous | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings | |
| person | brain, genius, mastermind, brainiac, Einstein | someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | |
| food | brain | the brain of certain animals used as meat | |
| VERB | contact | brain | hit on the head |
| contact | brain | kill by smashing / smashing / smashing someone's skull |
| Sounds | brey'n | |
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| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | mental ability. | |
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| Example | "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" | |
| Synonyms | brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit | |
| Broader | intelligence | The ability to comprehend |
| Spanish | agudeza, capacidad de aprendizaje, capacidad intelectual, capacidad mental, cerebro, ingenio, inteligencia, mentalidad, poder mental | |
| Adjectives | brainy | having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence |
| Meaning | That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason. | |
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| Synonyms | mind, head, psyche, nous | |
| Narrower | ego | (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind |
| noddle | An informal British expression for head / head or mind / mind | |
| subconscious mind, subconscious | psychic activity just below the level of awareness | |
| tabula rasa | A young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke) | |
| unconscious mind, unconscious | That part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware | |
| Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis | The psychological result of perception / perception and learning and reasoning |
| Spanish | cabeza, cerebro, mente, nous, psique | |
| Catalan | cap, cervell, ment, nous, psique | |
| Meaning | someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality. | |
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| Synonyms | genius, mastermind, brainiac, Einstein | |
| Narrower | prodigy | An unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person |
| Broader | intellectual, intellect | A person who uses the mind creatively |
| Spanish | cerebro, crack, Einstein, genia, genio | |
| Catalan | cervell, crack, Einstein, geni | |
| Adjectives | brainy | having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence |
| Meaning | The brain of certain animals used as meat. | |
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| Narrower | calf's brain | The brain of a calf eaten as meat |
| Broader | variety meat, organs | edible viscera of a butchered animal |
| Spanish | sesos | |
| Catalan | cervell | |
| Meaning | hit on the head. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The fighter managed to brain his opponent | |
| Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| Spanish | partir la cara | |
| Nouns | brain | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers |
| Meaning | kill by smashing / smashing / smashing someone's skull. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Spanish | descerebrar, romper la crisma | |
| Nouns | brain | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers |
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