Brahma, n. (Hindoo Mythol.) The Creator, the Creative deity, the Formative Energy in God.
Brahman, Brahmin, n. [Written also Bramin.] Hindoo priest.
Braid, v. n. Plait, plat, intertwine, interweave, interlace, weave together.
Brain-fever, n. Phrenitis, meningitis.
Brain-pan, n. Skull, cranium.
Brains, n. pl. Understanding, sense, mind, reason, intellect, capacity, intellectual faculties.
Brain-sick, a. Demented, alienated, fantastic, disordered, crotchety, crazed, crazy.
Brake, n.
- 1. Fern (Pteris aquilina).
- 2. Thicket, brushwood, jungle.
Brake up. Put down the brakes (to stop a railway train).
Bramah press. Hydraulic press, hydrostatic press.
Bramble, n. Brier-bush, brier, prickly shrub, bramble-bush.
Brambling, n. Mountain-finch, bramble-finch, (Fringilla montifringilla).
Branch, n
- 1. Bough, limb, shoot.
- 2. Offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part.
- 3. Section, department, subdivision, part, portion, article, member.
- 4. Tributary, affluent, tributary stream.
- 5. Derivative line, cognate line, member of a stock.
Branch, v. n. Diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off, branch off.