Brained

Word BRAINED
Character 7
Hyphenation brained
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Brained"

What do we mean by brained?

Having a brain. Often used in combination. adjective

Furnished with brains: used chiefly in composition: as, crack-brained; harebrained.

Pp. of brain, v. Having the brains knocked or dashed out; killed by a blow which breaks the skull.

Supplied with brains. adjective

Having a particular kind or brain, as described by the word with which this term is combined, usually figuratively. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of brain. verb

To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.

To strike (someone) on the head.

To destroy; to put an end to.

To conceive in the mind; to understand.

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The word "brained" in example sentences

Since the Kennedy cousin brained Martha Moxley with a five iron, I propose that we outlaw golf. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They gods needed to achieve their goals, and if high-level "brained" individuals were allowed in these positions they would do what was in their self-interest and that woudl be the best job in the capacity entrusted to them. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"I was raised in a country where they took fools out an 'brained 'em with an axe. ❋ B. M. Bower (1905)

Carrie also let me know that using "brained" to mean "hit in the head" dates back to Shakespeare times ( "Zounds, an I were now by this rascal, I could brain him with his lady's fan.", ❋ Unknown (2009)

NEW YORK — The computer brained its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. ❋ AP (2011)

I would add a seventh, some senior officer will always come up with a bollock brained new scheme to get themselves promoted at the expense of common sense. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

NEW YORK mdash; The computer brained its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. ❋ AP (2011)

Having a hair brained story along those lines doesn't allow us to escape, it brings us crashing back down into reality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the Showtime comedy, LeBlanc plays himself as a lame-brained has-been — with a stinky Joey cologne line to match — but also a womanizer, bum dad, and most recently, the kind of guy who sleeps with his friend's wife without remorse. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If her aspirational hero is the urbane Carrie Bradshaw or was until the disaster that is the movie Sex and the City 2, his is, well, the potty-mouthed and -brained Adam Sandler. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But for the State Dept weenies to be spearheading this lame-brained scheme is an indication that our government is completely clueless. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In yesterday's FT, Andrew Adonis, big-brained policy wonk turned activist transport secretary, now head of the Sainsbury-funded Institute for Government, admitted the need for better leadership (fewer reshuffles of ministers and top officials would help) and performance, for instance via management boards with can-do non-execs from the private sector. ❋ Michael White (2010)

You see, he tells us, evolution was bound to "converge" (as theorized by Simon Conway Morris) not necessarily on a human being but on -- well, as Miller has said, it could have been "a big-brained dinosaur, or ... a mollusk with exceptional mental capabilities." ❋ Unknown (2009)

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