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Bean

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Noun

1. bean, edible bean

any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food

2. bean

any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans

3. bean, bean plant

any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

4. attic, bean, bonce, dome, noggin, noodle

informal terms for a human head

Verb

5. bean

hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bean

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noun
1. 
any of various leguminous plants of the widely cultivated genus Phaseolus producing edible seeds in pods
French bean, lima bean, scarlet runner, string bean
2. 
any of several other leguminous plants that bear edible pods or seeds, such as the broad bean and soya bean
3. 
any of various other plants whose seeds are produced in pods or podlike fruits
4. 
the seed or pod of any of these plants
5. 
any of various beanlike seeds, such as coffee
6. US and Canadian slang another word for head
7.  cool beans
8.  not have a bean
9.  full of beans
10.  spill the beans
verb
11. mainly US and Canadian slang (transitive)
to hit (a person) on the head

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Bean

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noun
1. 
any of various leguminous plants; esp., any of several species of a genus (Phaseolus) of the pea family, including the kidney bean and lima bean
2. 
the edible, smooth, kidney-shaped seed of any of these plants
3. 
a pod with such seeds, eaten as a vegetable when still unripe
4. 
the bean-shaped seed of some other plants
coffee bean
5. 
any of these other plants
castor bean tree
6.  US, Slang
the head, brain, or mind
7.  US; [pl.]; Slang
even a small amount
, used in negative constructions
not to know beans about something
verb transitive US
8.  Slang
to hit on the head
9.  Baseball
to hit (a batter) on the head with a pitched ball

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Bean

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n.
1.
a. Any of various twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, native to the Americas, having leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers, and widely cultivated for their 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 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.
American frontiersman in Texas who in 1881 appointed himself justice of the peace and handed down judgments based on one law book and one six-shooter.

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