Brain Breɪn Complex Damage Head Time Intelligent Good

• the human brain is a complex organ.
• my tired brain couldn't cope with such a complex problem.
• there may have been some brain damage.
• brain cells/tissue

brain

1. the organ inside the head that controls movement, thought, memory and feeling
• The human brain is a complex organ.
• My tired brain couldn't cope with such a complex problem.
• There may have been some brain damage.
• brain cells/tissue
• a brain tumour/haemorrhage/injury
• Sometimes the doctor will also do a brain scan.
• brain surgery

Extra Examples

• He had a brain scan to search for possible damage.
• He was found to have a blood clot on his brain.
• His brain reeled as he realized the implication of his dismissal.
• The left brain controls the right-hand side of the body.
• The stopping distance includes the time taken for the brain to register the need to stop.
• Electrodes were used to measure brain activity during sleep.
• Fruit eating primates have relatively larger brains than those that eat leaves.
• She died of a brain tumour.
• a device to measure brain activity during sleep
• There has been some loss of brain function.
• She is Britain's youngest female brain surgeon.
• The scan apparently showed no damage to the brain.
2. the brain of an animal, eaten as food
• sheep’s brains
3. the ability to learn quickly and think about things in a logical and intelligent way
• SEE ALSO no-brainer
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/no-brainer
• It doesn't take much brain to work out that both stories can't be true.
• Teachers spotted that he had a good brain at an early age.
• You need brains as well as brawn (= intelligence as well as strength) to do this job.

Extra Examples

• She has a good brain for mathematics.
• Jack's got the brain to realize that the money won't last forever.
• They relied on brains rather than brawn.
• She must have inherited her mother's brains.
• Teachers spotted early on that he had a good brain.
• It's important to keep your brain ticking over.
4. an intelligent person
• one of the best scientific brains in the country
• We have the best scientific brains in the country working on this.
5. the most intelligent person in a particular group; the person who is responsible for thinking of and organizing something
• He's always been the brains of the family.
• The band's drummer is the brains behind their latest venture.
• He was the brains behind the robberies.
6. to think very hard about something for a long time
• I’ve been beating my brains out all weekend to get this script written.
7. to kill yourself/somebody by shooting yourself/them in the head
• He put a gun to his head and threatened to blow his brains out.
• While cleaning his shotgun he had accidentally blown his own brains out.
8. to think very hard
• I had to cudgel my brains to remember her name.
9. to think about something all the time, especially in a way that is annoying
• He's got football on the brain.
10. to ask somebody a lot of questions about something because they know more about the subject than you do
• I need to pick your brains: what can you tell me about credit unions?
11. to think very hard or for a long time about something
• She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said.
• We racked our brains but we couldn't come up with a solution.

Word Origin

• Old English brægen, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch brein.