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noun 
  1. That part 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 .
  1. (context, English pluralia tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
The brains behind the scheme
  1. (in plural brains) Intellect.
He has a lot of brains.
  1. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
The computer's is capable of millions of calculations a second.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: verstand , intellect
  • French: cerveau
  • German: Verstand
  • Italian: cervello , cervella (italbrac, when used as food)
  • Spanish: cerebro
verb 
  1. (context, slang, transitive) To strike (someone) on the head.
  2. (transitive) To kill (a person) by smashing that person's skull.
(seeCites) Translations: 
  • Dutch: iemand de kop inslaan
Etymology: , derived from braegen and bregen.


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