"bend the brain" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bends the brain",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bending the brain",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bent the brain",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bent the brain",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bend<,,bent> the brain"
      },
      "expansion": "bend the brain (third-person singular simple present bends the brain, present participle bending the brain, simple past and past participle bent the brain)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 May 28, Jay Merrick, “Zaha Hadid’s modernist library inspires shock and awe in Oxford”, in The Independent",
          "text": "Rogan studied her architectural drawings for the four-level, 1,200 square metre centre closely: “Every line meant something. It bends the brain. I’m in love with this building and I can’t hide it.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 16, Claire McNeill, “QAnon conspiracy theorists find kinship on the Tampa Riverwalk”, in Tampa Bay Times",
          "text": "Making sense of their logic bends the brain, but QAnon followers report feeling an insider adrenaline as they piece together the “breadcrumbs.” They first surged into public view at a Tampa rally for Donald Trump in 2018 and show few signs of fading.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be difficult to comprehend."
      ],
      "id": "en-bend_the_brain-en-verb-R4KsuKEU",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "comprehend",
          "comprehend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) To be difficult to comprehend."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "brain-bending"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bend the brain"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bends the brain",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bending the brain",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bent the brain",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bent the brain",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bend<,,bent> the brain"
      },
      "expansion": "bend the brain (third-person singular simple present bends the brain, present participle bending the brain, simple past and past participle bent the brain)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "brain-bending"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 May 28, Jay Merrick, “Zaha Hadid’s modernist library inspires shock and awe in Oxford”, in The Independent",
          "text": "Rogan studied her architectural drawings for the four-level, 1,200 square metre centre closely: “Every line meant something. It bends the brain. I’m in love with this building and I can’t hide it.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 16, Claire McNeill, “QAnon conspiracy theorists find kinship on the Tampa Riverwalk”, in Tampa Bay Times",
          "text": "Making sense of their logic bends the brain, but QAnon followers report feeling an insider adrenaline as they piece together the “breadcrumbs.” They first surged into public view at a Tampa rally for Donald Trump in 2018 and show few signs of fading.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be difficult to comprehend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "comprehend",
          "comprehend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) To be difficult to comprehend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bend the brain"
}