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{ "term": "brain", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "image": "data/images/in/internal_organs.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the organ inside the head that controls movement, thought, memory and feeling", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The **human brain** is a complex organ." }, { "text": "My tired brain couldn't cope with such a complex problem." }, { "text": "She was found to have sustained a **brain injury**." }, { "text": "**brain cells/tissue**" }, { "text": "a **brain tumour/haemorrhage/aneurysm**" }, { "text": "Sometimes the doctor will also do a brain scan." }, { "text": "brain surgery" }, { "text": "He had a brain scan to search for possible damage." }, { "text": "He was found to have a blood clot on his brain." }, { "text": "His brain reeled as he realized the implication of his dismissal." }, { "text": "The left brain controls the right-hand side of the body." }, { "text": "The stopping distance includes the time taken for the brain to register the need to stop." }, { "text": "Electrodes were used to measure brain activity during sleep." }, { "text": "Fruit eating primates have relatively larger brains than those that eat leaves." }, { "text": "We want to halve stillbirths and brain injuries in newborns in the next five years." }, { "text": "She died of a brain tumour." }, { "text": "a device to measure brain activity during sleep" }, { "text": "There has been some loss of brain function." }, { "text": "She is one of the country's leading brain surgeons." }, { "text": "The scan apparently showed no damage to the brain." } ], "topics": ["Body"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["human", "left", "right"], "brain + noun": ["cell", "tissue", "region"], "preposition": ["in the/your brain", "on the/your brain"], "phrases": ["blow your brains out"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the brain of an animal, eaten as food", "examples": [ { "text": "sheep’s brains" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the ability to learn quickly and think about things in a logical and intelligent way", "examples": [ { "text": "It doesn't take much brain to work out that both stories can't be true." }, { "text": "Teachers spotted that he had a good brain at an early age." }, { "text": "You need brains as well as brawn *(= intelligence as well as strength)* to do this job." }, { "text": "She has a good brain for mathematics." }, { "text": "Jack's got the brain to realize that the money won't last forever." }, { "text": "They relied on brains rather than brawn." }, { "text": "She must have inherited her mother's brains." }, { "text": "It's important to keep your brain ticking over." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["fertile", "fine", "good"], "verb + brain": ["rack", "pick somebody’s", "take"], "brain + verb": ["function", "tick over", "work"], "brain + noun": ["power", "drain"], "preposition": ["brain behind"], "phrases": ["brains, not brawn", "etc.", "have a brain for something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "an intelligent person", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "one of the best scientific brains in the country" }, { "text": "We have the best scientific brains in the country working on this." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the most intelligent person in a particular group; the person who is responsible for thinking of and organizing something", "sensetop": "the brains behind something", "examples": [ { "text": "He's always been the brains of the family." }, { "text": "The band's drummer is the brains behind their latest venture.", "contextForm": "the brains behind something" }, { "text": "He was the brains behind the robberies." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["fertile", "fine", "good"], "verb + brain": ["rack", "pick somebody’s", "take"], "brain + verb": ["function", "tick over", "work"], "brain + noun": ["power", "drain"], "preposition": ["brain behind"], "phrases": ["brains, not brawn", "etc.", "have a brain for something"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to think very hard about something for a long time", "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I’ve been beating my brains out all weekend to get this script written." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to kill yourself/somebody by shooting yourself/them in the head", "examples": [ { "text": "He put a gun to his head and threatened to blow his brains out." }, { "text": "While cleaning his shotgun he had accidentally blown his own brains out." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to think very hard", "labels": "(old-fashioned, British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "I had to cudgel my brains to remember her name." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to think about something all the time, especially in a way that is annoying", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "She's got football on the brain." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to ask somebody a lot of questions about something because they know more about the subject than you do", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I need to pick your brains: what can you tell me about credit unions?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to think very hard or for a long time about something", "examples": [ { "text": "She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said." }, { "text": "We racked our brains but we couldn't come up with a solution." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/breɪn/", "audio": "br/brain/brain__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/breɪn/", "audio": "br/brain/brain__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English brægen, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch brein." }