bean
verb
- To hit deliberately with a projectile
noun
- seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used for human or animal food
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /biːn/ / /ˈbi(ː)n/ / [ˈbɪin]
name
Etymology: Probably an occupational surname for a bean farmer, from bean.
- A surname.
- A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5872).
noun
Etymology: From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), North Frisian buan (“bean”), Saterland Frisian Boone (“bean”), West Frisian bean, beanne (“bean”), Dutch boon (“bean”), German Bohne (“bean”), Luxembourgish Boun (“bean”), Danish bønne (“bean”), Faroese bøn, bøna (“bean”), Icelandic baun (“bean”), Norwegian Bokmål bønne (“bean”), Norwegian Nynorsk bauna, baune, bogna, bønne, Swedish böna (“bean”), Irish pónaire (“bean”), Manx poanrey (“bean”), Scottish Gaelic pònair (“bean”), Latin faba (“bean”), Russian боб (bob, “bean”), Serbo-Croatian бо̏б/bȍb. Doublet of fava.
- Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
“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); […] .”
- 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.
“Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled.”
- The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
- 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.
- The head or brain.
“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.”
- The human clitoris.
“For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean.”
- A person; especially, a baby.
“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.”
- A guinea coin or sovereign.
- Money.
“I haven't got a bean.”
- Clipping of JavaBean.
“The singerOne bean has values for both the name and age properties, so it passes through the init() method with absolutely no changes.”
- Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny).
“Once the bean kicked in I started wilding.”
- A toe bean.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), North Frisian buan (“bean”), Saterland Frisian Boone (“bean”), West Frisian bean, beanne (“bean”), Dutch boon (“bean”), German Bohne (“bean”), Luxembourgish Boun (“bean”), Danish bønne (“bean”), Faroese bøn, bøna (“bean”), Icelandic baun (“bean”), Norwegian Bokmål bønne (“bean”), Norwegian Nynorsk bauna, baune, bogna, bønne, Swedish böna (“bean”), Irish pónaire (“bean”), Manx poanrey (“bean”), Scottish Gaelic pònair (“bean”), Latin faba (“bean”), Russian боб (bob, “bean”), Serbo-Croatian бо̏б/bȍb. Doublet of fava.
- To hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the head.
“The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.”
“Though I shall have to exercise an iron self-restraint to keep me from beaning that pie-faced little hornswoggler Mrs Bertram Wooster, nee Wickham, with the shaker. [...] dudgeon might easily lead her to reach for the ginger ale bottle and bean me with it.”