# brained

Pronunciation: US say "BRAYND" /bɹeɪnd/; UK

## Adjective

1. Having a brain of the kind, quality, or number indicated by a preceding word, as in 'hare-brained' or 'large-brained'.
   - Simple: Having a brain of a certain kind or number, named by the word placed in front.
   - _Critics dismissed the proposal as the work of some hare-brained committee._
   - _Science fiction writers love inventing many-brained creatures with strange mental powers._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of brain. — simple past and past participle of brain
   - Simple: Past tense of brain. Use this form when talking about hitting someone hard on the head earlier.
   - _In the brawl, one sailor brained another with an empty bottle._
   - _The intruder was brained by a falling beam before he could reach the door._

## Origin

Formed from "brain" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/brained (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).