brain

  1. Noun.  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. Noun.  An intelligent person.
  3. Noun.  (context, English pluralia tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
  4. Noun.  (in the plural) Intellect.
  5. Noun.  By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
  6. Verb.  (slang, transitive) To strike (someone) on the head.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To kill (a person) by smashing that person's skull.

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