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Definition brain in British 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.

Example

The illness had affected his brain.

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amygdala brain brain cell
1.1

belonging to or connected with the brain

Example

a brain tumour/scan/operation

Example

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 giblets kidney
Example

She felt that she could almost see his brain working.

Example

You have to use your brains in this job.

Example

He's good-looking, and he's got 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 British English