bean

bean  (bn)

n.

1.

a. Any of various New World twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, having leaves with three leaflets, variously colored flowers, and edible pods and seeds.

b. A seed or pod of any of these plants.

2. Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.

3. Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans, such as the coffee bean or the vanilla bean.

4. Slang A person's head.

5. beans Slang A small amount: I don't know beans about investing.

6. Chiefly British A fellow; a chap.

tr.v. beaned, bean·ing, beans Slang

To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.

Idioms:

full of beans

1. Energetic; frisky: The children were too full of beans to sit still.

2. Badly mistaken: Don't believe him; he's full of beans.

spill the beans

To disclose a secret.

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[Middle English ben, broad bean, from Old English ban; see bha-bh- in Indo-European roots.]

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bean

Noun

1. the seed or pod of various climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable

2. any of various beanlike seeds, such as coffee

3. full of beans Informal full of energy and vitality

4. not have a bean Slang to be without money [Old English bēan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bean - any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food edible bean legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) goa bean - Old World tropical bean common bean - any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried soya, soya bean, soybean, soy - the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) bean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
	2.	bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans coumara nut, tonka bean - fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla algarobilla, algarrobilla, algarroba - mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing calabar bean, ordeal bean - dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft divi-divi - twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute soy, soya bean, soybean - a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food broad bean, fava bean, horsebean - seed of the broad-bean plant seed - a small hard fruit
	3.	bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods bean plant bean, edible bean - any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae bush bean - a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports pole bean - a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis shell bean, shell bean plant - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
	4.	bean - informal terms for a human head bonce, noggin, noodle, dome, attic human head - the head of a human being
Verb	1.	bean - hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

Translations

bean [biːn] n → judía, fríjol/frijol m (esp LAM);

runner/broad bean → habichuela/haba;

coffee bean → grano de café

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bean [biːn] n → haricot m [of coffee]; grain m

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bean [biːn] n → Bohne f;

runner bean → Stangenbohne f;

broad bean → dicke Bohne;

coffee bean → Kaffeebohne f

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bean [biːn] n → fagiolo (= coffee bean); chicco