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Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. Real brains don't do that.
Ray Bradbury

Meaning of "brains" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRAINS

brains  [breɪnz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRAINS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brains is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRAINS


afterpains
ˈɑːftəˌpeɪnz
cremains
krɪˈmeɪnz
fains
feɪnz
gains
ɡeɪnz
Jane´s
dʒeɪnz
Keynes
keɪnz
mains
meɪnz
pains
peɪnz
plains
pleɪnz
plainstanes
ˈpleɪnˌsteɪnz
rains
reɪnz
reins
reɪnz
remains
rɪˈmeɪnz
Staines
steɪnz
strains
ˈstreɪnz
wholegrains
ˈhəʊlɡreɪnz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRAINS

brainier
brainiest
brainily
braininess
brainish
brainless
brainlessly
brainlessness
brainpan
brainpower
brains trust
brainsick
brainsickly
brainsickness
brainstem
brainstorm
brainstormer
brainstorming
brainstorming session
brainwash

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRAINS

Aix-les-Bains
blackout curtains
Blue Mountains
Catskill Mountains
cudgel one´s brains
curtains
feed grains
food grains
Great Plains
growing pains
guinea grains
monsoon rains
period pains
pick someone´s brains
rack one´s brains
Rocky Mountains
Romains
September rains
Smoky Mountains
the rains

Synonyms and antonyms of brains in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BRAINS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «brains» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of brains

Translation of «brains» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRAINS

Find out the translation of brains to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brains from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brains» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大脑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cerebros
570 millions of speakers

English

brains
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिमाग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العقول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мозги
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cérebros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘিলু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cerveau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Otak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Köpfchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pemikiran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

não
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेंदू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beyin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mózgi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мізки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

creierul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγκεφάλους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brein
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjärna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjerner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brains

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAINS»

The term «brains» is very widely used and occupies the 13.700 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAINS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «brains» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «brains» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brains

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10 QUOTES WITH «BRAINS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brains.
1
Shawn Achor
You spend money on Internet connection for your employees. Why not spend money on the energy that fuels their brains?
2
Margot Asquith
Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.
3
Margot Asquith
He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
4
Ethel Barrymore
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
5
Martha Beck
All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while telling ourselves we should be working. We call this doing nothing, but our brains are furiously active. We think constantly, and our thinking is often rife with distress.
6
Kate Bernheimer
With our evolved busy hands and our evolved busy brains, in an extraordinarily short period of time we've managed to alter the earth with such geologic-forcing effects that we ourselves are forces of nature. Climate change, ocean acidification, the sixth mass extinction of species.
7
Ray Bradbury
Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. Real brains don't do that.
8
F. H. Bradley
One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.
9
Colin Camerer
It's like simulating earthquakes: we can over and over study a bubble, crash, bubble, crash. Then we can see mathematically if there's some regular pattern and what's going on in people's brains when prices are going up and before the crash is happening.
10
Tia Carrere
Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAINS»

Discover the use of brains in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brains and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brains: A Zombie Memoir
College-professor-cum-zombie Jack Barnes is a different breed of undead—he can think. In fact, he can even write. And the story he has to tell is a truly disturbing—yet strangely heartwarming—one.
Robin Becker, 2010
2
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
This is a book that will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds.
Nicholas Carr, 2011
3
Brains: How They Seem to Work
In this highly personal book, Purves reveals how we got to this point and offers his notion of where neuroscience may be headed next.
Dale Purves, 2010
4
Brains
I'm here to tell you all about it . . . This hugely funny book covers everything you need to know about brains, such as: How can you look at your brain without taking it out of your head? Where do headaches come from? What is imagination?
Kate Lennard, 2007
5
Genes, Cells and Brains: The Promethean Promises of the New ...
But where is the new world we were promised? In Genes, Cells, and Brains, feminist sociologist Hilary Rose and neuroscientist Steven Rose take on the bioscience industry and its claims.
Hilary Rose, Steven Rose, 2013
6
Don't Check Your Brains at the Door
Internationally known defender of the faith Josh McDowell and co-author Bob Hostetler offer clarity laced with humor to expose common myths about God, the Bible, religion, and life to show how Christianity stands up to the test of fact and ...
Josh McDowell, 2011
7
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and ...
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT TOP 25 FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR AN ESQUIRE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson, acclaimed as a "cultural critic ...
Steven Johnson, 2012
8
Minds, Brains and Science
Six lectures discuss the mind-body problem, artificial intelligence, the workings of the brain, the mental aspect of human action, prediction of human behavior, and free will
John R. Searle, 1984
9
Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' ...
Examines the effects of long-term poverty on the brains of poor children and identifies several positive factors and strategies which can improve their academic success.
Eric Jensen, 2009
10
If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans
This is Ann at her best, covering every topic from A to Z. Here you’ll read Coulter’s take on: • Her politics: “As far as I’m concerned, I’m a middle-of-the-road moderate and the rest of you are crazy.” • Hillary Clinton: ...
Ann Coulter, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAINS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brains is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ancient Monkey Brain Reveals Brains Got More Complex First Then …
Using computer models to develop a 3D representation of the brain, analysis revealed that the primate's brains evolved from a structure that is ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
2
REM Sleep Can Be Critical to Memory Formation in Young Brains
Rapid eye movement or REM sleep actively converts waking experiences into lasting memories and abilities in young brains, according to new ... «PsychCentral.com, Jul 15»
3
Profile: Marxist academic described as brains behind Syriza's …
Described as the "brains behind Syriza's economic policy", he has authored and co-authored six books, the most recent of which seeks to ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
4
Sticks & Brains $2.00 million Fundraising. Lukens Orthwein …
Sticks & Brains, Inc., Corporation just released form D because of $2.00 million equity financing. This is a new filing. Sticks & Brains was able to ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
5
Has digital device dependency turned our brains to mush …
Are we all becoming so dependent on our digital devices that we're developing pudding brains? According to some headline grabbing ... «Diginomica, Jul 15»
6
Pilots' brains 'crash' in crisis
PILOTS' brains can become “overloaded” during highly stressful situations with the result that they fail to hear loud cockpit alarms that warn of ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
7
The brains behind the pea guacamole controversy - BBC.com
A New York Times tweet suggesting readers "add peas to your guacamole" received a flurry of response from celebrities, news sites and even ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
8
Brains Fold Just Like Paper
Larger brains tend to be more wrinkly than smaller brains, and because of this scientists have long thought that the degree of folding must have ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
9
In autism brains, response to 'social touch' is altered
The brains of people with autism respond differently to a gentle brush on the arm — a form of social touch — than do those of people without ... «SFARI News, Jul 15»
10
Australian workers are starting to have their brains monitored in the …
A growing number of Australians are having their brains monitored in the workplace. While it may sound like science fiction, some major ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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