Meaning of Bean | Babel Free
biːnDefinitions
- A surname.
- Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
- A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5872).
- The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).
- The edible seedpod of such a plant.
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The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean. broadly
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An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items. broadly
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The head or brain. slang
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The human clitoris. slang
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A person; especially, a baby. endearing, often, slang
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A guinea coin or sovereign. British, archaic, slang
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Money. British, slang
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Clipping of JavaBean. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny). slang
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A toe bean. colloquial, in-plural
Equivalents
Examples
“2004, T. N. Shivenanda, B. R. V. Iyengar, Phosphorus Management in French Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.), Ramdane Dris, S. Mohan Jain (editors), Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops, Volume 2: Plant Mineral Nutrition and Pesticide Management, page 79, Beans are a large group of leguminous vegetables that serve as a main source of proteins in human diet. This group comprises several species and some of them are Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis); Broad bean (Vicia faba); Cluster bean (Cyamposis tetragonoloba); French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); […] .”
“Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled.”
“Now, there was a perfectly sound forecast for you. Certainly a case of using the old bean. The surmise was perfectly logical.”
“I saw her quiver and kept a wary eye on the ginger ale bottle. But even if she had raised it and brought it down on [my] bean, I couldn't have been more stunned than I was by the words that left her lips. [...] Well, as I say, it was from his fertile bean that the idea sprang.”
“For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean.”
“Sparky is a good bean, even if he is a carpet-bagging bean at that.”
“i dont want boid (whoever said that) he is mean. boid is a mean bean.”
“"Good, because we like you. You're okay. You're a good bean." "I never thought I'd be friends with a cheerleader," I said.”
“I haven't got a bean.”
“The singerOne bean has values for both the name and age properties, so it passes through the init() method with absolutely no changes.”
“Once the bean kicked in I started wilding.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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