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brain meaning in Dutch

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brain [brains] (brains: intellect)
noun
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

intellectsubstantief
{n}

verstandsubstantief
{m}

brain [brains] (intelligent person)
noun
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

breinbaassubstantief
{m}

brain [brains] (organ)
noun
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

breinsubstantief
{n}

hersenensubstantief
{Pl}

hersenssubstantief
{Pl}

brain [brained, braining, brains] (to kill a person by smashing the skull)
verb
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

iemand de kop inslaanwerkwoord

brain [brained, braining, brains] (to strike on the head)
verb
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

iemand op z'n kop slaanwerkwoord

brain cell [brain cells] (cell in brain)
noun
[UK: breɪn sel]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈsel]

hersencelsubstantief

brain-dead (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity)
adjective

hersendoodbijvoeglijk naamwoord

brain drain [brain drains] (emigration of educated people)
noun
[UK: breɪn dreɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈdreɪn]

braindrainsubstantief
{m}

hersenvluchtsubstantief
{m} {f}

kennisvluchtsubstantief
{m} {f}

brain stem [brain stems] (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum)
noun
[UK: breɪn stem]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈstem]

hersenstamsubstantief
{m}

brain surgery (something complex)
noun
[UK: breɪn ˈsɜː.dʒə.ri]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈsɝː.dʒə.ri]

hogere wiskundesubstantief
{f}

brain tumor [brain tumors] (an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division)
noun
[UK: breɪn ˈtuː.mə(r)]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈtuː.mər]

hersentumorsubstantief

brain-washing (form of indoctrination)
noun
[UK: breɪn ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈwɑːʃ.ɪŋ]

hersenspoelingsubstantief
{f}

brainchild (creation)
noun
[UK: ˈbreɪn.tʃaɪld]
[US: ˈbreɪn.ˌtʃaɪld]

geesteskindsubstantief
{n}

hersenkindsubstantief
{n}

idee [ideeën]substantief

brainstorming (method of problem solving)
noun
[UK: ˈbreɪn.stɔːm.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈbreɪn.ˌstɔːrm.ɪŋ]

brainstormsubstantief
{m} {f}

brainwash [brainwashed, brainwashing, brainwashes] (to affect one's mind)
verb
[UK: ˈbreɪn.wɒʃ]
[US: ˈbreɪˌn.wɑːʃ]

hersenspoelenwerkwoord

afterbrain (part of brain)
noun

merghersenensubstantief

forebrain [forebrains] (part of the brain)
noun
[UK: ˈfɔː.breɪn]
[US: ˈfɔːr.ˌbren]

voorhersensubstantief

hindbrain [hindbrains] noun
[UK: ˈhaɪnd.breɪn]
[US: ˈhaɪnd.breɪn]

ruithersenensubstantief

midbrain [midbrains] (part of brain)
noun
[UK: mˈɪdbreɪn]
[US: mˈɪdbreɪn]

mesencephalonsubstantief

middenhersensubstantief

rack one's brain (struggle to think of something)
verb
[UK: ræk wʌnz breɪn]
[US: ˈræk wʌnz ˈbreɪn]

zich suf piekerenwerkwoord

scatterbrain (flighty, disorganized or forgetful person)
noun
[UK: ˈskæ.tə.breɪn]
[US: ˈskæ.tə.breɪn]

wargeestsubstantief
{m}

warhoofdsubstantief
{n}

shit-for-brains (Very stupid)
adjective

hersenloosbijvoeglijk naamwoord

smell-brain (part of brain involved with smelling)
noun
[UK: smel breɪn]
[US: ˈsmel ˈbreɪn]

reukhersenensubstantief
{Pl}