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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
brain
/bɹeɪn/
noun1 of 2
part of the head that thinks and controls your body
- “I do not want to rack my brain to understand.”Tatoeba
- “The patient was pronounced brain-dead only a few hours ago.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 2
To strike (someone) on the head.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)