# brains

Pronunciation: say "BRAYNZ" /bɹeɪnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of brain. — plural of brain
   - Simple: Plural of brain. Use it when you mean more than one brain.
   - _Researchers mapped the brains of dozens of volunteers during the trial._
   - _Injuries to developing brains can affect a child for life._
2. Intelligence or mental ability, pictured as the substance a brain is made of. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The power to think well and learn quickly, or how clever a person is.
   - _He clearly has the brains for advanced math, but he needs more discipline._
   - _Winning that scholarship took brains and a lot of late nights._
3. The intelligent person or people who direct and plan a group's actions, such as the organizer or strategist. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The clever person who plans and leads a group or task.
   - _Detectives finally caught the brains behind the string of robberies._
   - _She may stay in the background, but she's the brains of the operation._
4. The soft tissue of an animal's brain, treated as a material or prepared as food.
   - Simple: The soft inside tissue of an animal's head, used as food.
   - _Calf brains, breaded and fried, were once a common restaurant offering._
   - _The butcher set aside pork brains for customers who requested them._

## Verb

5. Third-person singular simple present indicative of brain. — third-person singular simple present indicative of brain
   - Simple: Third-person singular of brain. Use it when he, she, or it does the action now.
   - _In the climax, the hero brains the monster with a fallen branch._
   - _Whenever a wasp gets indoors, she brains it with a rolled-up magazine._

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