Definizione monolingua

brain

brain (third-person singular simple present brains, present participle braining, simple past and past participle brained)

1. (slang, transitive) To strike (someone) on the head.
2. (transitive) To kill (a person) by smashing that persons skull.

Wikipedia brain (plural brains)

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.

3. (English pluralia tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.

   He is the brains behind the scheme.

4. (in the plural) Intellect.

   He has a lot of brains.

   • 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 AFSCs Immigrants Voice Program in Des Moines.

5. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.

   The computers brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.

Definizione dizionario brain

	cervello
	organ

	cervella
	organ

	intelletto
	La capacità di pensare in modo razionale.
	The ability for rational thought.

cervelletto

encefalo

ingegno

mente

Altri significati:

(slang, transitive) To strike (someone) on the head.

to strike on the head

person providing intelligence

brains: intellect

An intelligent person.

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.

to kill a person by smashing the skull

(pork, beef) brain

By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.

The organ of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull that controls the actions and thoughts of the animal.

part of computer

(pork beef) brain

intelligent person

(in the plural) Intellect.

(English pluralia tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.

(transitive) To kill (a person) by smashing that person's skull.