Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a brain. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Supplied with brains.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a particular kind or
brain , as described by the word with which this term is combined, usuallyfiguratively . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
brain .
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Examples
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Since the Kennedy cousin brained Martha Moxley with a five iron, I propose that we outlaw golf.
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Since the Kennedy cousin brained Martha Moxley with a five iron, I propose that we outlaw golf.
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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.
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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.
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"I was raised in a country where they took fools out an 'brained 'em with an axe.
The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905
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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.",
Dinosaur Comics 2009
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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.",
Dinosaur Comics 2009
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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.",
Dinosaur Comics 2009
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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.
Life, Death and Taxes. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Having a hair brained story along those lines doesn't allow us to escape, it brings us crashing back down into reality.
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