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[ breyn-wurk ] / ˈbreɪnˌwɜrk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR brainwork ON THESAURUS.COM
nounwork or effort consisting principally or largely of mental activity, thought, imagination, etc., as opposed to physical or manual work. the effort of thought, reasoning, planning, or the like; ordered or directed thinking: Solving problems is a form of brainwork. Origin of brainworkFirst recorded in 1835–45; brain + work Words nearby brainworkbrain truster, brain up, brainwash, brainwashing, brain wave, brainwork, brainworm, brainy, braird, braise, brak Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brainworkBeauty can't amuse you, but brainwork—reading, writing, thinking—can. 13 Classic Helen Gurley Brown Quotes|Jesse Ellison|August 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Extremely clever at any form of brainwork, she was gauche and brusque in her manners, and totally lacking in perception. The Girls of St. Cyprian's|Angela Brazil I may have brainwork to do, or something important to think about There is no comparison. The Beth Book|Sarah Grand No amount of brainwork has conjured any sense from Iffley, and the etymology has been placed on the shelf as “unknown”. Archaic England|Harold Bayley
And even then he will sometimes say, "How about the brainwork?" The Impossibilities of Anarchism|George Bernard Shaw Get Dilly to make you that boiled rice every night after your brainwork.
Words related to brainworkcerebration, cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, meditation, reflection |