brain storm
UK/ˈbɹeɪn stɔːm/US/ˈbɹ̠eɪn stoɹm/
brain storm noun: a seizure, convulsion, or similar incident of abnormal brain activity. Also the alternative form of brainstorm.
Noun
brain storm (plural brain storms)
- A seizure, convulsion, or similar incident of abnormal brain activity.
- He was so puffing and fuming that he had to pull up for breath, and take his hat off to ease the smoking hot pressure of a brainstorm.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 76
- The most honored one has had a brain storm — minor, but there was a second one past midnight.2008, Shiloh Walker, Through the Veil, →ISBN
Also used as
brain storm is also the alternative form of brainstorm.
Examples of brain storm in a sentence
- Such communication is normally regulated by an appropriate amount of electricity but when the amount is very high (rate of 500 times per second), this results in a brain storm known as epilepsy.2012, Bonaventure Balla, Symbolism, Synesthesia, and Semiotics, Multidisciplinary Approach, →ISBN:
- To expand his mind would exhaust what little strength he still had and ignite the brain storm that had finally passed.2015, Tony Bertauski, Ashes of Foreverland: A Science Fiction Thriller:
Forms of brain storm
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | brain storms |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | brain storms |
| present participle | brain storming |
| past participle | brain stormed |
| past | brain stormed |
Origin of brain storm
From brain + storm. In the sense of "seizure, convulsion, brain activity", from the idea that it is like a storm in the brain. In the sense of "problem-solving idea or session", from the unrelated idea of using the "brain to storm a problem" (see brainstorm).
Questions about brain storm
- What does brain storm mean?
- Brain storm means a seizure, convulsion, or similar incident of abnormal brain activity.
- How do you use brain storm in a sentence?
- Such communication is normally regulated by an appropriate amount of electricity but when the amount is very high (rate of 500 times per second), this results in a brain storm known as epilepsy.
- What part of speech is brain storm?
- Brain storm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brain storm?
- Brain storm is pronounced /ˈbɹ̠eɪn stoɹm/ (US).
- What is the plural of brain storm?
- The plural of brain storm is brain storms.
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