bean
bean [bean beans] noun, verb BrE [biːn] NAmE [biːn]
noun
1. a seed, or ↑pod containing seeds, of a climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable. There are several types of bean and the plants that they grow on are also called beans
•broad beans
•runner beans
•beans (= ↑baked beans ) on toast
2. (usually in compounds)a seed from a coffee plant, or some other plants
•coffee/cocoa beans
see also ↑jelly bean
more at a hill of beans at ↑hill, not know beans about sth at ↑know v., spill the beans at ↑spill v.
Word Origin:
Old English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne.
Example Bank:
•She grows her own broad beans.
•baked beans on toast
Idioms: ↑full of life ▪ ↑not have a bean
verb ~ sb (NAmE, informal)
to hit sb on the head
•I got beaned by a rock someone threw.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne.
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