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brain
English
Etymology
From Middle English brayn, brain, from Old English bræ?n (“brain”), from Proto-Germanic *bragn? (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mreg?nom (“skull, brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mreg?- (“marrow, sinciput”) + *men- (“mind, to think”). Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), North Frisian brayen, brein (“brain”), Saterland Frisian Brainge (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen, Bregen (“brain”) (whence German Bregen (“animal brain”)), Ancient Greek ??????? (brekhmós, “front part of the skull, top of the head”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?n, IPA(key): /b?e?n/
- Homophone: brane
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
brain (plural brains)
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- Synonyms: harns; see also Thesaurus:brain
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:genius
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
- 2008 Quaker Action (magazine) Rights trampled in rush to deport immigrant workers, Fall 2008, Vol. 89, No. 3, p. 8:
- "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- 2008 Quaker Action (magazine) Rights trampled in rush to deport immigrant workers, Fall 2008, Vol. 89, No. 3, p. 8:
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (slang, vulgar) Oral sex.
- 2012, Mack Maine featuring Turk and Mystikal, I'm On It
- You said I got brain from your dame in the range
- In the passing lane
- But you really ain't got no proof
- 2012, Mack Maine featuring Turk and Mystikal, I'm On It
- (informal, slang) Mind.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (brain lobes) brain lobe; frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe (Category: en:Brain)
Verb
brain (third-person singular simple present brains, present participle braining, simple past and past participle brained)
- (transitive) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
- (transitive, slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
- (transitive, figuratively) To destroy; to put an end to.
- (transitive, obsolete) To conceive in the mind; to understand.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:brain.
Translations
Further reading
- brain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Barin, Brian, Rabin, abrin, bairn, brian
Irish
Noun
brain m
- inflection of bran:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Middle English
Noun
brain
- Alternative form of brayn
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- broin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bran?/
Noun
brain m
- inflection of bran:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative plural
Mutation
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brai?n/
Noun
brain m pl
- plural of brân
Mutation
brain From the web:
- what brain waves are in rem sleep
- what brain lobe controls vision
- what brain lobe controls hearing
- what brain part controls breathing
- what brain fog feels like
- what brain chemical causes anxiety
- what brain part controls emotions
- what brain type am i
swot
English
Alternative forms
- swat
Etymology
From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English sw?t (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic swait? (“sweat”). More at sweat.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sw?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sw?t/
- Homophone: swat
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
swot (third-person singular simple present swots, present participle swotting, simple past and past participle swotted)
- (intransitive, slang, Britain) To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on").
- You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.
- Synonym: cram
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- hit the books
Noun
swot (plural swots)
- (slang, Britain) One who swots.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:
- He liked Tom all right... Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however. Especially Sampson, who was too much of a grammar-school-type swot ever to be quite the thing.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:
- (slang, Britain) Work.
- (slang, Britain) Vigorous study at an educational institution.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Anagrams
- OTWs, Stow, TOWs, Tows, ow'st, stow, tows, twos, wost, wots
Saterland Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sw?t/
Adjective
swot
- black
swot From the web:
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- what swot analysis means
- what swot analysis is used for
- what swot mean
- what swot analysis is important in e-commerce
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- what swot is
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