noun · 1 syllable · /breɪn/

BRAIN

What does "BRAIN" mean?

The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the body's actions.

The soft mass of nervous tissue in the skull that acts as the body's control center. A blow to the head can bruise the brain against the inside of the skull.
Intelligence, cleverness, or mental capacity. It took real brains to wire the whole system in a single afternoon. informal
The cleverest person in a group, or the one who plans a scheme. She was the brains behind the whole operation. informal
To hit someone hard on the head. He threatened to brain me with a frying pan. informal

A 2009 cell count put the human brain at about 86 billion neurons - not the round 100 billion that textbooks repeated for decades.
Your brain is roughly 2% of your body weight but burns about 20% of your energy, making thinking one of the most expensive things your body does.

From Old English 'brægen', related to Middle Low German 'bregen', from a Proto-Germanic root possibly tied to Greek 'bregma', the front of the head.

BRAIN holds RAIN of ideas: B-RAIN, the storm of thought between your ears.

Three pounds of grey folds-
it dreams the whole wide ocean
without getting wet.

haiku

I was going to tell a joke about the brain, but I figured you'd never wrap your head around it.

The most powerful organ you own runs on doubt as much as certainty; feed it both.

What does BRAIN mean?

The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the body's actions.

Is BRAIN a valid word?

Yes — BRAIN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.

How many letters is BRAIN?

BRAIN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.

Where does BRAIN come from?

From Old English 'brægen', related to Middle Low German 'bregen', from a Proto-Germanic root possibly tied to Greek 'bregma', the front of the head.

What can BRAIN teach us?

The most powerful organ you own runs on doubt as much as certainty; feed it both.

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