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brains meaning

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  • Brains is predominantly the plural of the word brain.
  • Brains may also refer to:
  • Brains, Loire-Atlantique, commune of the Loire-Atlantique département, in France
  • Brains (Thunderbirds), scientist marionette character from the Thunderbirds television series
  • Brains (Transformers), a robot character in the Transformers franchise
  • "BRAINS!", song by the musician Voltaire, from the television show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
  • "Brains", song by the band Lower Dens from their album Nootropics
  • Brains Brewery, brewery in Cardiff, Wales, sponsor of the Welsh rugby team

    Definition of brains in English Dictionary

  • NounBFbrain
    1. plural of brain.
      1. (plural only) The substance of a brain as a material or foodstuff.
        1. Of course he's a zombie. He's shuffling his feet around, moaning ‘Braaains’, and drooling down his shirt.
      2. (plural only, informal) The figurative substance of a brain: mental ability, intelligence.
        1. Sadly, I got my brains from my mom and my looks from the mailman.
      3. (plural only, informal, with 'the') The intelligent person or people in a group: the director, planner, administrator, &c.
        1. Who's the brains behind this operation?
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • CRF-immunoreactive fibers densely innervate many intrahypothalamic and extrahypothalamic brain areas, including hippocampus.
        • Sonographic assessments including brain and abdominal sonographies and ocular examination for the potential seeding of the fungi were normal.
        • Besides, miR-335-5p was a pro-apoptotic and antimitogenic factor in the brain and induced cell cycle arrest in human cancer cells or suppressed cell proliferation in prostate cancer.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Brain pathology, as in the case of neuroautoimmune diseases, is worsened, not only by the infiltration of activated lymphoid cells, but also by the release of large amounts of free radicals [21 ].
      3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • It is unclear whether oxidative stress may be acting peripherally or proprioceptively to drive abnormal grooming behavior (e.g. via itch), or whether oxidative stress is acting centrally in the brain.
        • These iOPCs had the ability to differentiate into oligodendrocytes in vitro and to myelinate host axons after transplantation into the demyelinated shiverer mouse brain.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Noun forms
          • Noun plural forms
          • Pluralia tantum
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        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of brains for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "brains" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form and a pluralia tantum.
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