Brain ( noun ) "the complex human organ within the skull that controls the nervous system"

Brain is a word in the English language related to psycholinguistics. It is usually translated as "(noun) the complex human organ within the skull that controls the nervous system." The English language belongs to the language family known as Indo-European.

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Definition of "Brain"

Source: Collins English Dictionary. Millennium Edition

S.v., Brain

1.		the soft convoluted mass of nervous tissue within the skull of vertebrates that is the controlling and coordinating centre of the nervous system and seat of thought, memory, and emotion. It includes the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum. Technical name: encephalon. Related adjs.: cerebral, encephalic.
2.		The main neural bundle or ganglion of certain invertebrates.
3.		(often pl) Informal. intellectual ability; he's got brains.
4.		Informal. shrewdness or cunning.
5.		Informal. an intellectual or intelligent person.
6.		(usually pl; functioning as sing) Informal. a person who plans and organizes an undertaking or is in overall control of an organization, etc.
7.		an electronic device, such as a computer, that perform apparently similar functions to the human brain.
8.		on the brain. constantly in mind: I had that song on the brain.
9.		pick someone's brains. to obtain information or ideas from someone.
10.		(tr) to smash the skull of.
11.		Slang. to hit hard on the head.

Brain

the soft convoluted mass of nervous tissue within the skull of vertebrates that is the controlling and coordinating centre of the nervous system and seat of thought, memory, and emotion. It includes the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum. Technical name: encephalon. Related adjs.: cerebral, encephalic.

The main neural bundle or ganglion of certain invertebrates.

(often pl) Informal. intellectual ability; he's got brains.

Informal. shrewdness or cunning.

Informal. an intellectual or intelligent person.

(usually pl; functioning as sing) Informal. a person who plans and organizes an undertaking or is in overall control of an organization, etc.

an electronic device, such as a computer, that perform apparently similar functions to the human brain.

on the brain. constantly in mind: I had that song on the brain.

pick someone's brains. to obtain information or ideas from someone.

(tr) to smash the skull of.

Slang. to hit hard on the head.

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MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Brain." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 24 Jul. 2023, psylng.org/mli/indo/eng/brain. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, July 24). Brain. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/mli/indo/eng/brain

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Brain." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 24, 2023. Modified August 22, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://psylng.org/mli/indo/eng/brain.

Bibliography

Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]

OMNIKA

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created January 21, 2019. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

CED ME

Treffry, Diana, ed. Collins English Dictionary: Millennium Edition. 4ed. Glasgow, Great Britain: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.

Wiktionary

Wales, Jimmy D., et al. "Wiktionary: The Free Dictionary." San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Created December 12, 2002. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://wiktionary.org. [Visit]

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