- brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
--1 is a kind of neural structure
--1 is a part of
--1 has parts:head, caput; central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale Derived forms: verb brain2, verb brain1 - brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit - mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
--2 is a kind of intelligence
- mind, head, brain, psyche, nous - that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
--3 is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis
--3 has particulars:noddle; tabula rasa; ego; unconscious mind, unconscious; subconscious mind, subconscious - genius, mastermind, brain, Einstein - someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
--4 is a kind of intellectual, intellect
--4 has particulars: prodigy - brain - the brain of certain animals used as meat
--5 is a kind of variety meat, organs
--5 has particulars: calf's brain
- brain - hit on the head
--1 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun brain1
The fighter managed to brain his opponent
- brain - kill by smashing someone's skull
--2 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun brain1
Somebody ----s something