Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having a brain. Often used in combination: small-brained reptiles.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Furnished with brains: used chiefly in composition: as, crack-brained; harebrained.
- [Pp. of brain, v.] Having the brains knocked or dashed out; killed by a blow which breaks the skull.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having a particular kind or brain, as described by the word with which this term is combined, usually figuratively.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of brain.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Supplied with brains.
Examples
“Since the Kennedy cousin brained Martha Moxley with a five iron, I propose that we outlaw golf.”
“They gods needed to achieve their goals, and if high-level "brained" individuals were allowed in these positions they would do what was in their self-interest and that woudl be the best job in the capacity entrusted to them.”
“I was raised in a country where they took fools out an 'brained 'em with an axe.”
“Carrie also let me know that using "brained" to mean "hit in the head" dates back to Shakespeare times ( "Zounds, an I were now by this rascal, I could brain him with his lady's fan.",”
“I would add a seventh, some senior officer will always come up with a bollock brained new scheme to get themselves promoted at the expense of common sense.”
“Having a hair brained story along those lines doesn't allow us to escape, it brings us crashing back down into reality.”
“If her aspirational hero is the urbane Carrie Bradshaw or was until the disaster that is the movie Sex and the City 2, his is, well, the potty-mouthed and -brained Adam Sandler.”
“But for the State Dept weenies to be spearheading this lame-brained scheme is an indication that our government is completely clueless.”
Can new media build up “civil society” in Iraq? « Antiwar.com Blog
“In yesterday's FT, Andrew Adonis, big-brained policy wonk turned activist transport secretary, now head of the Sainsbury-funded Institute for Government, admitted the need for better leadership (fewer reshuffles of ministers and top officials would help) and performance, for instance via management boards with can-do non-execs from the private sector.”
The Guardian: Political briefing: A drip-drip bloodbath in SW1
“You see, he tells us, evolution was bound to "converge" (as theorized by Simon Conway Morris) not necessarily on a human being but on -- well, as Miller has said, it could have been "a big-brained dinosaur, or ... a mollusk with exceptional mental capabilities.”
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Russian Doll Words
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brain phrases/words
how brain is used
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elvesoncrack's Words
lachrymose, blustering, fjord, chihuahua, chiffon, catalytic, stile, gefilte, prosh, thwart, ralph, ickle and 379 more...
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Beknownst1981's list
I love words, especially the ones I make up with my friends.
translucent meat ..., beknownst (knew), plethora, curmudgeon, wanderlust, actually, differentiate, bearded, hobbit feet, female, sexy time, librarian and 220 more...
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Minipax
sturm und drang, shock and awe, blitzkrieg, bellicose, parley, phalanx, grenadier, fusilier, man-o'-war, bayonet, company, platoon and 6 more...
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