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brain noun.

The mass of substance contained in the skull of humans and Other vertebrates; sing. & (usu.) in pl. cerebral substance. Orig. spec. the cerebrum, now the entire organ; transf. an analogous organ of an invertebrate. OE.
This organ as the seat of sensation, motion, or human speech, the organ of thought, memory, or imagination; sing. & (freq.) in pl. intellectual power, intellect; thought, sense, imagination. ME.
W. Stubbs Was that plan the conception of any one brain? V. Brittain Men of all ages who..hadn't the brains of an earwig.
b. sing. & (freq.) in pl. A clever person; the cleverest person in a group etc., the mastermind. colloq. M19.
C. Kingsley The accomplished Mysseri..was in fact the brain of our corps. Times Admiral..Wynter, 'the brains' of the victory.
An electronic device comparable in function to a brain; a computer. Usu. more fully electronic brain. M20.
Phrases: beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains, rack one's brains search for ideas, think very hard. blow a person's brains out: see BLOW verb1. cells of the brain: see CELL noun1 7b. cudgel one's brains: see beat one's brains above. get on the brain, have on the brain be constantly thinking of, be obsessed by. pick a person's brains: see PICK verb1. rack one's brains: see beat one's brains above. SOFTENING of the brain. turn a person's brain: see TURN verb. VISCERAL brain. wash one's brain: see WASH verb. water on the brain: see WATER noun.
Comb.: brain-box (a) the cranium; (b) colloq. the mind, the intellect; a clever person; brain-case colloq. the cranium; brain-cell any of the cells forming the brain tissue; brainchild colloq. the product of thought; an invention; brain-coral coral forming a compact mass with a surface resembling the convolutions of the brain; brain-damage injury to the brain (permanently) impairing its functions; brain-damaged adjective having suffered brain-damage; brain-dead adjective (a) having suffered brain death; (b) colloq. extremely stupid; (c) colloq. thoroughly exhausted; brain death permanent cessation of the functions of the brainstem that control respiration etc.; brain drain colloq. the loss of highly trained or qualified people by emigration; brain-fag colloq. mental exhaustion; brain fever inflammation or Other malaise affecting the brain; brain-fever bird, an Indian hawk-cuckoo, Cuculus varius, having a maddeningly persistent call; brain fungus a soft yellow gelatinous fungus, Tremella mesenterica, with a lobed and folded surface, living on dead wood; brain-pan colloq. the cranium; brainpower mental ability or intelligence; brain-sand minute calcareous particles deposited in the pineal gland; brain scan a diagnostic radiographic scan of the brain; brain scanner an apparatus for performing a brain scan; brainsick adjective diseased in the mind, mad; proceeding from a diseased mind; brainsickly adverb (rare) in a brainsick manner; brainstem the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain; brain-stone = brain-coral above; brainstorm (a) a succession of sudden and severe phenomena, due to some cerebral disturbance; (b) = brainwave (c) below; (c) (orig. US) a brainstorming session; brainstorming (orig. US) attack on a problem by spontaneous discussion in search of new ideas; brains trust, brain trust (a) (usu. brains trust) a group of people assembled to give impromptu views on topics of interest; (b) a group of experts appointed to give advice or guidance to a government etc.; brain-teaser a difficult problem or puzzle; brain trust: see brains trust above; brain-twister = brain-teaser above; brainwash verb trans. systematically and often forcibly replace established ideas in the mind of (a person) by new (usu. political) ideas; brainwave (a) a hypothetical telepathic vibration; (b) sing. & (usu.) in pl., a measurable electrical impulse in the brain; (c) colloq. a sudden inspiration or bright idea; brainwork mental activity.
brained adjective having a brain or brains (of a specified kind) LME.
brainish adjective (arch.) passionate, headstrong M16.
brainless adjective (a) devoid of brain; (b) foolish; wanting intelligence: LME.
brainlessly adverb E17.
brainlessness noun L19.

Atlantis European Airways (tourism)


Atlantis European Airways is an Armenian airline company.