Alternativa stavningar

Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: [ˈbreɪn]
  • Okänd accent:
Översättning
Substantiv
1.beyin

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. 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.
  2. (informal) An intelligent person.
  3. (UK, plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
  4. (in the plural) Intellect.
  5. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
  6. oral sex

Verb

  1. (transitive) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
  2. (transitive, slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
  3. (transitive, figurative) To destroy; to put an end to.
  4. (transitive) To conceive in the mind; to understand.

Exempel

  • Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
  • He was a total brain.
  • He is the brains behind the scheme.
  • "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.
  • He has a lot of brains.
  • The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.
  • You said I got brain from your dame in the range
  • In the passing lane
  • But you really ain't got no proof
  • There thou mayst brain him.
  • It was the swift celerity of the death [...] That brained my purpose.
  • 'Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen / Tongue, and brain not.

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipbrained
Imperfektbrained
Presensparticipbraining
Pluralbrains
Tredje person singular indicativ presensbrains

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