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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bean /bin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologythe nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, eaten as a vegetable:a can of beans.
- Plant Biologya plant producing such seeds.
- any of various other beanlike seeds or plants:the smell of freshly ground coffee beans.
- Slang TermsInformal. a person's head:Now you're using your bean.
- Informal Terms beans, [plural] Informal. (used with negative words or phrases) the slightest amount: He doesn't know beans about navigation.
v. [~ + object] - Slang TermsInformal. to hit on the head, esp. with a baseball.
Idioms- Idioms spill the beans, [Informal.]to disclose a secret:So, now she knows about the surprise; I wonder who spilled the beans?
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bean (bēn),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, esp. of the genus Phaseolus.
- Plant Biologya plant producing such seeds.
- Plant Biologythe pod of such a plant, esp. when immature and eaten as a vegetable.
- any of various other beanlike seeds or plants, as the coffee bean.
- Slang Terms
- a person's head.
- a coin or a bank note considered as a coin:I can't pay for the ticket, I don't have a bean in my jeans.
- British Termsa minimum amount of money:They've been disinherited and now haven't a bean.
- Informal Terms beans, the slightest amount:He doesn't know beans about navigation.
- Idioms full of beans, [Informal.]
- energetic;
vigorously active;
vital:He is still full of beans at 95. - stupid;
erroneous;
misinformed.
- spill the beans, [Informal.]to disclose a secret, either accidentally or imprudently, thereby ruining a surprise or plan:He spilled the beans, and she knew all about the party in advance.
v.t. - Slang Termsto hit on the head, esp. with a baseball.
interj. - beans, (used to express disbelief, annoyance, etc.).
- European Indo-European *bhabh-
- Gmc *babnō, cognate with Russian bob, Latin faba
- bef. 950; Middle English bene, Old English bēan; cognate with Old Norse baun, Old Frisian bāne, Dutch boon, Old Saxon, Old High German bona (German Bohne), probably
- Biographical Alan L(aVern), born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
- Biographical Roy ("Judge''), 1825?–1903, U.S. frontiersman and justice of the peace: called himself "the law west of the Pecos.''
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