Brain

Etymology
From, from brægen:, from , from , from. Cognate with braine:, brane:, West Frisian brein:, Dutch brein:,  brägen:,  βρεχμος:.

Noun

 * 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) An intelligent person.
 * He was a total brain.
 * 1)  A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
 * He is the brains behind the scheme.
 * 1)  Intellect.
 * He has a lot of brains.
 * 1) * 2008 Quaker Action (magazine) Rights trampled in rush to deport immigrant workers, Fall 2008, Vol. 89, No. 3, p. 8:
 * "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.
 * 1) By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
 * The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:brain
 * See also Thesaurus:genius
 * See also Thesaurus:genius

Verb

 * 1)  To strike (someone) on the head.
 * 2)  To kill (a person) by smashing that person's skull.