Past tense of brain
regular verb
The past tense of brain is brained. The past participle is also brained.
Forms of brain
| Base form (V1) | brain /ˈbɹeɪ̯n/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | brained /bɹeɪnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | brained /bɹeɪnd/ |
| Present participle | braining |
| Third person singular | brains /bɹeɪnz/ |
Brained in a sentence
- Lambdon had brained her husband with a table lamp.2014, K.J. Charles, Think of England, page 166
- Parsons bent down to pick the stinky baby brained adult diaper girl up.2023 December 12, @ExtraAbdl, Twitter. From the entry changie
- “My grandma is a huge Maddow person and operates the same way as Fox News brained people,” one wrote me.2019 April 9, Luke O'Neil, “What I’ve Learned From Collecting Stories of People Whose Loved Ones Were Transformed by Fox News”, in NYMag.com. From the entry Fox News brain
- These are simple brained creatures running off instinct!2014, Oli Jacobs, Sunshine & Lollipops. From the entry durr
- That's a tall order for a squirrel brained woman who recently asked a black president to "refutiate" the NAACP (though I kinda like refutiate, myself).2010, Joe Bageant, AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM?. From the entry brained
Meaning of brain
- noun The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- noun A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- noun Skull; head.
Questions about the past tense of brain
- What is the past tense of brain?
- The past tense of brain is brained.
- What is the past participle of brain?
- The past participle of brain is brained.
- Is brain a regular or irregular verb?
- Brain is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brain (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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