See Also: Half-Brother, Half-Sister - Horse Racing(gambling)
Half-Rother, Half-Sister - Horse Racing(gambling)
Half Full Half - Freestyle Skating(gambling)
Half Half Full - Freestyle Skating(gambling)
Half-and-Half Game - Poker(gambling)
HALF-BROTHER AND HALF-SISTER(law)
Half Half - Freestyle Skating(gambling)
Half-and-Half Tournament - Poker(gambling)
half and half nail(medicine)
Half-in, Half-Out - Gymnastics(gambling)

brain 1, noun (oh) and first half (oh)


brain 1, noun (oh)



artery, brain, fatty, tissue, heart, kidney, intestine, intestine2, small, large, liver, lung, muscles, stomach, vein, throat
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1 ?organ?
2 ?intelligence?
3 ?person?
4 ?Food?
5 have something on the brain
6 be the brains behind/of something
7 brain dead
8 brain box
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[Language: Old English; Origin: brAgen]
?ORGAN?
[C] the organ inside your head that controls how you think, feel, and move
::Messages from the brain are carried by the central nervous system.
::the chemistry of the brain
::the human brain
the right/left hemisphere of the brain
(=the right or left side of the brain)
::Emotional responses are a function of the right hemisphere of the brain.
::She died of a brain tumour .
brain tissue/cell
?INTELLIGENCE?
[>C usually plural, U] the ability to think clearly and learn quickly
::If you had any brains, you'd know what I meant.
::The job requires brains.
::Something's addled your brains (=made you confused) .
::Come on, use your brain , John.
?PERSON?
[C usually plural] informal someone who is intelligent, with good ideas and useful skills
::Some of our best brains are leaving the country to work in the US.
-see also brain drain
?Food?
[U] also brains
[plural] the brain of an animal, used as Food
have sth on the brain
informal to be always thinking about something
::I've got that song on the brain today.
be the brains behind/of sth
to be the person who thought of and developed a particular plan, system, or organization, especially a successful one
::Danny's definitely the brains of the project.
brain dead
a) in a state where your brain has stopped working properly even though your heart may still be beating
b) informal in a state in which you seem stupid or uninteresting, especially because you live a boring life or are very tired
brain box
BrE informal a very intelligent person
-see also bird-brain , hare-brained , beat your brains out at beat 1 (22), pick sb's brains at pick 1 (7), rack your brain(s) at rack 2 (2)

first half (oh)



n [C]
the first of two equal periods of time that a Sports match is divided into