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Definition of brain verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brain

verb
 
/breɪn/
 
/breɪn/
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they brain
 
/breɪn/
 
/breɪn/
he / she / it brains
 
/breɪnz/
 
/breɪnz/
past simple brained
 
/breɪnd/
 
/breɪnd/
past participle brained
 
/breɪnd/
 
/breɪnd/
-ing form braining
 
/ˈbreɪnɪŋ/
 
/ˈbreɪnɪŋ/
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  1. brain somebody/something/yourself to kill a person or an animal by hitting them very hard on the head
    • I nearly brained myself on that low beam.
    Word OriginOld English brægen, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch brein.
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