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p. a. Supplied with brains. [ 1913 Webster ]

If th' other two be brained like us. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupid. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
Syn. -- fine-grained. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giddy; rash. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; extremely foolish; crazy; as, crackbrained notions. Pope.
Syn. -- idiotic. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. 1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely and irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Perverse; untractable; contrary; difficult to deal with.
Syn. -- balky, contrarious. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

She was none of your crossgrained, termagant, scolding jades. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having lost much energy or emotion from vigorous activity; -- of people; as, the day's events left her completely drained of strength. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having resources completely depleted.
Syn. -- depleted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. having no power remaining; -- of a battery.
Syn. -- run-down. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

to go down the drain 1. to be consumed in profitless activity; to be wasted; to become worthless. 2. to vanish or cease existing. [ PJC ]

a. Stupid; doltish. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dull of apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giddy; frivolous; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; feather-headed. [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed, silly. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. consisting of fine particles.
Syn. -- powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
Syn. -- close-grained. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. involving careful consideration of details and fine distinctions; -- of conceptual schemas; as, fine-grained distinctions.
Syn. -- detailed. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dyed in grain; ingrained. [ 1913 Webster ]

Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Harebrained.

a. Half-bred; imperfect. [ R. ] “A half-strained villain.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. “A mad hare-brained fellow.” North (Plutarch). [ Written also hairbrained. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. Dryden.

adj. same as housebroken.
Syn. -- housebroken, house-trained. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as housebroken.
Syn. -- housebroken, housetrained. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Exhibiting intellectual or personality characteristics suggesting dominance of linguistic or logical modes of thought, which are usually controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere; as, left-brained pedants unable to appreciate music; also referred to as linear. See linear{ 3 }. Contrasted with right-brained. [ PJC ]

a. Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giddy; rattle-headed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With restraint. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giddy; thoughtless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild; similar to scatter-brained. J. Goodman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Disordered in the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + strain. ] 1. Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]