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brain
Overview of noun brain
The noun brain has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (22) brain, encephalon -- (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)
2. (5) brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit -- (mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense")
3. (5) mind, head, brain, psyche, nous -- (that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head")
4. (3) genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein -- (someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein")
5. brain -- (the brain of certain animals used as meat)
Overview of verb brain
The verb brain has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. brain -- (hit on the head)
2. brain -- (kill by smashing someone's skull)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brain
5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
=> neural structure
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
=> intelligence
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
mind, head, brain, psyche, nous
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein
=> intellectual, intellect
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
brain
=> variety meat, organs
=> meat
=> food, solid food
=> solid
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun brain
3 of 5 senses of brain
Sense 3
mind, head, brain, psyche, nous
=> noddle
=> tabula rasa
=> ego
=> unconscious mind, unconscious
=> subconscious mind, subconscious
Sense 4
genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein
=> prodigy
Sense 5
brain
=> calf's brain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brain
5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
=> neural structure
Sense 2
brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
=> intelligence
Sense 3
mind, head, brain, psyche, nous
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
Sense 4
genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein
=> intellectual, intellect
Sense 5
brain
=> variety meat, organs
Antonyms of noun brain
Member Holonyms of noun brain
Substance Holonyms of noun brain
Part Holonyms of noun brain
1 of 5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
PART OF: head, caput
PART OF: central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
Member Meronyms of noun brain
Substance Meronyms of noun brain
Part Meronyms of noun brain
1 of 5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
HAS PART: circle of Willis
HAS PART: communicating artery, arteria communicans
HAS PART: brain cell
HAS PART: neencephalon, neoencephalon
HAS PART: forebrain, prosencephalon
HAS PART: midbrain, mesencephalon
HAS PART: hindbrain, rhombencephalon
HAS PART: brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem
HAS PART: ventricle
Meronyms of noun brain
1 of 5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
HAS PART: circle of Willis
HAS PART: communicating artery, arteria communicans
HAS PART: brain cell
HAS PART: neencephalon, neoencephalon
HAS PART: forebrain, prosencephalon
HAS PART: midbrain, mesencephalon
HAS PART: hindbrain, rhombencephalon
HAS PART: brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem
HAS PART: ventricle
Holonyms of noun brain
1 of 5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
PART OF: head, caput
PART OF: central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
Attributes of noun brain
Derived Forms of noun brain
3 of 5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
RELATED TO>(verb) brain#2
=> brain
RELATED TO>(verb) brain#1
=> brain
Sense 2
brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
RELATED TO>(adj) brainy#1
=> brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip
Sense 4
genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein
RELATED TO>(adj) brainy#1
=> brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip
Domain of noun brain
Domain Terms of noun brain
Familiarity of noun brain
brain used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun brain
5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
> neural structure
=> mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare
=> ganglion
=> reflex arc
=> center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre
=> hemisphere, cerebral hemisphere
=> pyriform area, piriform area, pyriform lobe, piriform lobe
=> olfactory bulb
=> brain, encephalon
=> neencephalon, neoencephalon
=> paleencephalon, paleoencephalon, palaeencephalon
=> cerebellum
=> cerebellar hemisphere
=> vermis, vermis cerebelli
=> paleocerebellum
=> cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex
=> geniculate body
=> cerebrum
=> medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb
=> forebrain, prosencephalon
=> hippocampus
=> cingulate gyrus, gyrus cinguli
=> telencephalon
=> diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
=> limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain
=> subthalamus
=> thalamus
=> hypothalamus
=> midbrain, mesencephalon
=> substantia nigra, nucleus niger, locus niger
=> hindbrain, rhombencephalon
=> myelencephalon
=> pons, pons Varolii
=> brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem
=> nucleus
=> radiation
=> spinal cord, medulla spinalis
=> autonomic nervous system, ANS
Sense 2
brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
> intelligence
=> brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
=> breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness
=> mind, intellect
=> nonverbal intelligence
=> verbal intelligence
=> mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness
=> nimbleness, mental dexterity
=> brilliance, genius
=> precociousness, precocity
=> acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
=> brightness, cleverness, smartness
=> shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
=> wits, marbles
Sense 3
mind, head, brain, psyche, nous
> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> mind, head, brain, psyche, nous
=> place
=> public knowledge, general knowledge
=> episteme
=> ability, power
=> inability
=> lexis
=> vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
=> practice
=> cognitive factor
=> equivalent
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> process, unconscious process
=> perception
=> structure
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> information
=> history
=> attitude, mental attitude
Sense 4
genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein
> intellectual, intellect
=> anomalist
=> exponent
=> alchemist
=> aphorist
=> bel esprit
=> clever Dick, clever clogs
=> decoder, decipherer
=> egghead
=> expositor, expounder
=> genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein
=> highbrow
=> mentor, wise man
=> scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
=> skeptic, sceptic, doubter
=> specifier
=> subjectivist
=> synthesist, synthesizer, synthesiser
=> theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue
=> thinker, creative thinker, mind
=> thinker
=> visionary, illusionist, seer
=> wonderer
Sense 5
brain
> variety meat, organs
=> giblet, giblets
=> offal
=> heart
=> liver
=> sweetbread, sweetbreads
=> brain
=> stomach sweetbread
=> neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread
=> tongue
=> tripe
=> chitterlings, chitlins, chitlings
=> haslet
Meronyms of noun brain
5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
HAS PART: circle of Willis
HAS PART: communicating artery, arteria communicans
HAS PART: brain cell
HAS PART: neencephalon, neoencephalon
HAS PART: forebrain, prosencephalon
HAS PART: peduncle, cerebral peduncle
HAS PART: corpus callosum
HAS PART: telencephalon
HAS PART: cerebrum
HAS PART: fissure of Rolando, Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus centralis
HAS PART: fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri
HAS PART: hemisphere, cerebral hemisphere
HAS PART: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex
HAS PART: Golgi's cell, Golgi cell
HAS PART: cortical area, cortical region
HAS PART: frontal lobe
HAS PART: frontal area, frontal cortex
HAS PART: frontal gyrus
HAS PART: precentral gyrus
HAS PART: prefrontal lobe
HAS PART: parietal lobe
HAS PART: parietal gyrus
HAS PART: postcentral gyrus
HAS PART: occipital lobe
HAS PART: calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure
HAS PART: occipital gyrus
HAS PART: temporal lobe
HAS PART: temporal gyrus
HAS PART: amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum
HAS PART: gyrus, convolution
HAS PART: diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
HAS PART: mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare
HAS PART: infundibulum
HAS PART: third eye, pineal eye
HAS PART: optic nerve, nervus opticus, second cranial nerve, optic tract
HAS PART: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis
HAS PART: hypophyseal stalk
HAS PART: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, adenohypophysis
HAS PART: pars distilis, pars anterior
HAS PART: posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
HAS PART: pars intermedia
HAS PART: basal ganglion
HAS PART: thalamus
HAS PART: geniculate body
HAS PART: subthalamus
HAS PART: subthalamic nucleus
HAS PART: hypothalamus
HAS PART: midbrain, mesencephalon
HAS PART: substantia nigra, nucleus niger, locus niger
HAS PART: superior colliculus
HAS PART: inferior colliculus
HAS PART: hindbrain, rhombencephalon
HAS PART: cerebellum
HAS PART: cerebellar artery, arteria cerebelli
HAS PART: cerebellar hemisphere
HAS PART: dentate nucleus
HAS PART: vermis, vermis cerebelli
HAS PART: paleocerebellum
HAS PART: myelencephalon
HAS PART: brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem
HAS PART: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb
HAS PART: respiratory center
HAS PART: pons, pons Varolii
HAS PART: respiratory center
HAS PART: reticular formation, RF
HAS PART: reticular activating system, RAS
HAS PART: ventricle
HAS PART: spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid
=> neural structure
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 4
genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein
=> intellectual, intellect
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 5
brain
=> variety meat, organs
=> meat
HAS SUBSTANCE: protein
HAS SUBSTANCE: amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid
HAS SUBSTANCE: polypeptide
HAS SUBSTANCE: palmitic acid, hexadecanoic acid
Holonyms of noun brain
1 of 5 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain, encephalon
PART OF: head, caput
PART OF: body, organic structure, physical structure
PART OF: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
PART OF: central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
PART OF: nervous system, systema nervosum
PART OF: body, organic structure, physical structure
Grep of noun brain
acute brain disorder
acute organic brain syndrome
betweenbrain
birdbrain
blood-brain barrier
brain
brain-fag
brain-stem
brain-teaser
brain-worker
brain cell
brain coral
brain death
brain disease
brain disorder
brain doctor
brain drain
brain fever
brain mushroom
brain science
brain stem
brain sugar
brain surgeon
brain surgery
brain truster
brain tumor
brain tumour
brain wave
braincase
brainchild
brainiac
brainpan
brainpower
brainstem
brainstorm
brainstorming
brainwashing
brainwave
brainworker
calf's brain
forebrain
hindbrain
interbrain
left brain
limbic brain
midbrain
minimal brain damage
minimal brain dysfunction
olfactory brain
organic brain syndrome
right brain
scatterbrain
split-brain technique
visceral brain
Antonyms of verb brain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brain
2 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain
=> hit
=> touch
Sense 2
brain
=> kill
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb brain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brain
2 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain
=> hit
Sense 2
brain
=> kill
'Cause To' of verb brain
Derived Forms of verb brain
2 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain
RELATED TO>(noun) brain#1
=> brain, encephalon
Sense 2
brain
RELATED TO>(noun) brain#1
=> brain, encephalon
Domain of verb brain
Domain Terms of verb brain
Familiarity of verb brain
brain used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb brain
2 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain
EX: The fighter managed to brain his opponent
Sense 2
brain
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb brain
2 senses of brain
Sense 1
brain
> hit
=> clap
=> slam, bang
=> lam into, tear into, lace into, pitch into, lay into
=> kick
=> swipe
=> smite
=> hook
=> swat
=> sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash
=> bean
=> pop
=> get, catch
=> conk
=> cosh
=> brain
=> smash, nail, boom, blast
=> crack
=> sandbag, stun
=> bat
=> bat
=> bat
=> cut
=> thump, pound, poke
=> smack, thwack
=> belt
=> punch, plug
=> slug, slog, swig
=> whack, wham, whop, wallop
=> pummel, pommel, biff
=> buffet, buff
=> box
=> club, bludgeon
=> cudgel, fustigate
Sense 2
brain
> kill
=> eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
=> decimate
=> drown
=> massacre, slaughter, mow down
=> erase, wipe out
=> butcher, slaughter
=> poison
=> stone, lapidate
=> poison
=> commit suicide
=> dispatch
=> zap, vaporize
=> sacrifice
=> take off
=> tomahawk
=> destroy
=> saber, sabre
=> overlie, overlay
=> brain
=> put away, put to sleep
=> neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
=> exterminate, kill off
=> smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
=> strangle, strangulate, throttle
=> decapitate, behead, decollate
=> impale, stake
=> dismember
=> martyr
=> shed blood
=> murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
=> assassinate
=> execute, put to death
=> draw, quarter, draw and quarter
=> lynch
=> shoot, pip
=> electrocute, fry
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb brain
Sense 1
brain
=> hit
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Sense 2
brain
=> kill
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Grep of verb brain
brain
brainstorm
brainwash
Grep of adj brain
brain dead
brainish
brainless
brainsick
brainwashed
brainy
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