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brained

[ breynd ]

/ breɪnd /

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adjective

having a particular type of brain (used in combination): small-brained dinosaurs.

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Origin of brained

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at brain, -ed³

Words nearby brained

brain damage, braindead, brain death, brain drain, Braine, brained, Brainerd, brainfag, brain fart, brain fever, brain-fever bird

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Example sentences from the Web for brained

The Republican Party seems to have been brained by a heavy cloud followed by an equally heavy sky-blue shape.
The Sky Is Falling|Stanley Crouch|February 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He was stabbed by the cook, cudgelled by the crew, brained by the mate, and shot by the captain.
Jack in the Forecastle|John Sherburne Sleeper
Surely he had not come thus near success to suffer his splendid Yankee captain to be brained there before his eyes.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873|Various
You may be sure I was inside in a moment, and I brained the savage with the butt of a pistol.
The Rover of the Andes|R.M. Ballantyne

I hated that keeper so't I could have brained him joyfully any minute.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880|Various
"If knuckles could do it, I should have brained him, sir," said Robert.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete|George Meredith

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