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Definition brain in American English

brain noun

noun
/breɪn/
1

the organ inside your head that allows you to think and feel, and controls your body

Example

The human brain is divided into two halves.

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amygdala brain brain cell
1.1

belonging to or connected with the brain

Example

a brain tumor/scan/operation

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brain activity/function

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amygdala brain brain cell
1.2

the brain of an animal cooked and eaten as food

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brains chitterlings giblets
Example

You have to use your brains in this job.

Example

He's good-looking, and he has brains.

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intelligence intuition intellect
Example

The best brains in the country have failed to solve this problem.

3

to be extremely clever (originally said of Marvin the paranoid android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

Example

It's James, he has a brain the size of a planet!

Definition brain in American English

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