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Meaning of brain

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  brain
      n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all
           the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull;
           continuous with the spinal cord [syn: {brain},
           {encephalon}]
      2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common
         sense" [syn: {brain}, {brainpower}, {learning ability},
         {mental capacity}, {mentality}, {wit}]
      3: 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" [syn: {mind}, {head},
         {brain}, {psyche}, {nous}]
      4: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and
         originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but
         he's no Einstein" [syn: {genius}, {mastermind}, {brain},
         {brainiac}, {Einstein}]
      5: the brain of certain animals used as meat
      v 1: hit on the head
      2: kill by smashing someone's skull

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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