Brawn
noun
Physical strength in contrast to intelligence or skill.
He relied more on his brawn than his brains to accomplish the task.
noun
A kind of food made from pig's or turkey's meat.
She served a plate of brawn for dinner.
Often appears as...
- plate of brawn
- slice of brawn
noun
Physical strength in contrast to intelligence or skill.
He relied more on his brawn than his brains to accomplish the task.
noun
A kind of food made from pig's or turkey's meat.
She served a plate of brawn for dinner.
Often appears as...
- plate of brawn
- slice of brawn
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Opposite of Brain
Used to emphasize a contrast between physical strength and intelligence or mental skills.
The challenge requires brawn to lift heavy weights, not brainpower.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Complementary
Brawn doesn't always exclude brains; they are often presented as complementary traits.
The athlete had both brawn and brains, excelling in sports as well as academics.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to refer to the strength or power of an object or group.
The corporation's brawn in the marketplace worried its competitors.
Pro Tip 1/3Opposite of Brain
Used to emphasize a contrast between physical strength and intelligence or mental skills.
The challenge requires brawn to lift heavy weights, not brainpower.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Complementary
Brawn doesn't always exclude brains; they are often presented as complementary traits.
The athlete had both brawn and brains, excelling in sports as well as academics.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to refer to the strength or power of an object or group.
The corporation's brawn in the marketplace worried its competitors.
Pro Tip 1/3Opposite of Brain
Used to emphasize a contrast between physical strength and intelligence or mental skills.
The challenge requires brawn to lift heavy weights, not brainpower.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Complementary
Brawn doesn't always exclude brains; they are often presented as complementary traits.
The athlete had both brawn and brains, excelling in sports as well as academics.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to refer to the strength or power of an object or group.
The corporation's brawn in the marketplace worried its competitors.
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Erik Brynjolfsson: The...
Worldwide incomes have grown at a faster rate in the past decade than ever in history. If anything, all these numbers actually understate our progress, because the new machine age is more about knowledge creation than just physical production. It's mind not matter, brain not brawn,
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Tiny robots with giant...
we can build them massively in parallel as well. So here's a couple thousand or so actuators, and all I'm doing is applying a voltage, and they all wave, looking like nothing more than the legs of a future robot army. So now we've got the brains and we've got the brawn.
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The key to growth? Race...
because the new machine age is more about knowledge creation than just physical production it's mind not matter brain not brawn ideas not things that creates a problem for standard metrics because we're getting more and more
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#OurEarth Innovation in...
totally these are healthy some brown coal it's healthy Carl don't believe what you see on TV because the term of people only trick the really pretty curls most of the curls are actually just brawn yes but then these
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Will automation take...
more tellers doing a more cognitively demanding job. There's a general principle here. Most of the work that we do requires a multiplicity of skills, and brains and brawn,
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Watch Wild Predators...
that pride shifted very quickly from the sort of brawn and muscle of the lion world around savuti it moved to a very
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Best Animal Mating...
with a colossal two and a half tons behind him what he lacks in looks he makes up for in brawn
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Sneaky Kea Raids A...
it has brawn as well as brains this isn't a trick the bird was taught this keyer is a wild
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Giant Seal Fights Off...
two and a half tonnes behind him what he lacks in looks he makes up for in brawn
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Fox Dives Head First in...
to get through the winter on these prairies sometimes brain beats brawn
Video examples
Erik Brynjolfsson: The...
Worldwide incomes have grown at a faster rate in the past decade than ever in history. If anything, all these numbers actually understate our progress, because the new machine age is more about knowledge creation than just physical production. It's mind not matter, brain not brawn,
Video examples
Tiny robots with giant...
we can build them massively in parallel as well. So here's a couple thousand or so actuators, and all I'm doing is applying a voltage, and they all wave, looking like nothing more than the legs of a future robot army. So now we've got the brains and we've got the brawn.
Video examples
The key to growth? Race...
because the new machine age is more about knowledge creation than just physical production it's mind not matter brain not brawn ideas not things that creates a problem for standard metrics because we're getting more and more
Video examples
#OurEarth Innovation in...
totally these are healthy some brown coal it's healthy Carl don't believe what you see on TV because the term of people only trick the really pretty curls most of the curls are actually just brawn yes but then these
Video examples
Will automation take...
more tellers doing a more cognitively demanding job. There's a general principle here. Most of the work that we do requires a multiplicity of skills, and brains and brawn,
Video examples
Watch Wild Predators...
that pride shifted very quickly from the sort of brawn and muscle of the lion world around savuti it moved to a very
Video examples
Best Animal Mating...
with a colossal two and a half tons behind him what he lacks in looks he makes up for in brawn
Video examples
Sneaky Kea Raids A...
it has brawn as well as brains this isn't a trick the bird was taught this keyer is a wild
Video examples
Giant Seal Fights Off...
two and a half tonnes behind him what he lacks in looks he makes up for in brawn
Video examples
Fox Dives Head First in...
to get through the winter on these prairies sometimes brain beats brawn
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Lynda Carter
American Actress
I'll tell you what it is... just why 'Wonder Woman' worked. Or 'Bionic Woman,' or any of those, really. It was because it wasn't about brawn... it was about brains. And yes, she happened to be beautiful, she happened to be kind of extraordinary in some way, but she wasn't a guy.
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Sylvester McCoy
Scottish Actor
There's still a part of me that believes what was great about 'Doctor Who' in the early days was that you had a superhero who didn't wear his underpants on the outside of his trousers, who used his brain rather than his brawn.
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Bettany Hughes
Religion is an easy target for accusations of repression and misogyny, but achievement in the sacred and therefore socio-political sphere was often an option for women, thanks not to brawn, but to brain.
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David Ignatius
American Journalist
This is a universal human dream - that brains, not brawn, will rule - and the fact that America has the world's finest institutions of higher education may be our greatest single national asset.
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Louise Slaughter
American Politician
Our girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone.
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Michelle McCool
American Wrestler
I think the Divas Champion is the perfect combination of athleticism, beauty and brawn.
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Joe Morton
American Actor
It's important to me to play men who use their brains, not just brawn.
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Tony Ferguson
American Athlete
Wits always win, man, in the battle of brain versus brawn.
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Peter Thomson
Australian Athlete
A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn.
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Lynda Carter
American Actress
I'll tell you what it is... just why 'Wonder Woman' worked. Or 'Bionic Woman,' or any of those, really. It was because it wasn't about brawn... it was about brains. And yes, she happened to be beautiful, she happened to be kind of extraordinary in some way, but she wasn't a guy.
Quote examples
Sylvester McCoy
Scottish Actor
There's still a part of me that believes what was great about 'Doctor Who' in the early days was that you had a superhero who didn't wear his underpants on the outside of his trousers, who used his brain rather than his brawn.
Quote examples
Bettany Hughes
Religion is an easy target for accusations of repression and misogyny, but achievement in the sacred and therefore socio-political sphere was often an option for women, thanks not to brawn, but to brain.
Quote examples
David Ignatius
American Journalist
This is a universal human dream - that brains, not brawn, will rule - and the fact that America has the world's finest institutions of higher education may be our greatest single national asset.
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Louise Slaughter
American Politician
Our girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone.
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Michelle McCool
American Wrestler
I think the Divas Champion is the perfect combination of athleticism, beauty and brawn.
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Joe Morton
American Actor
It's important to me to play men who use their brains, not just brawn.
Quote examples
Tony Ferguson
American Athlete
Wits always win, man, in the battle of brain versus brawn.
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Peter Thomson
Australian Athlete
A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn.
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