brained

[breynd]

adjective

1. having a particular type of brain (used in combination).

   small-brained dinosaurs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brained¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; brain, -ed ³

Example Sentences

That way, it won’t turn into a brained brick because of a human error somewhere in northern Virginia.

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Hours before or after they passed, another member of the human family, likely the smaller brained, big-jawed Paranthropus, hurried along the same shoreline.

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They found that the larger brained primate species did not solve the fruit-finding puzzle more efficiently than smaller brained mammals.

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Raizel and I scooted out of the way to avoid being brained by one.

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Clevinger, his long hair brained into pigtails, allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out six and walking two.

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