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Definition brawn

Etymology

From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *br?don, *br?dan, accusative form of *br?d? (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *br?dô (“meat, roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?r?- (“to burn, heat”), from *b?rewh?- (“to boil, bubble, burn”). Akin to Old High German br?to (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English br?de, br?d (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”).

Noun

brawn (uncountable)

1. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
2. Physical strength; muscularity.
3. (chiefly Britain) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
4. (Britain, dialectal) A boar.

Verb

brawn (third-person singular simple present brawns, present participle brawning, simple past and past participle brawned)

1. (transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
2. (intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.

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