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Verb
/bēn/,
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beans, plural;
  1. Hit (someone) on the head
    • - Boone was nearly beaned by that wild pitch
Noun
  1. An edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants

  2. The hard seed of coffee, cocoa, and certain other plants

  3. A leguminous plant that bears such seeds in pods

  4. A very small amount or nothing at all of something (used emphatically)
    • - there is not a single bean of substance in the report
    • - I didn't know beans about being a step-parent
  5. A person's head, typically when regarded as a source of common sense


  1. any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
  2. hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
  3. any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
  4. attic: informal terms for a human head
  5. Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (alternately Leguminosae) used for human food or animal feed.
  6. BEAN, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington, USA, encourages volunteerism for young professionals and benefits local and international charitable organizations. BEAN was founded in 2002 by Howard Wu. ...
  7. Julian "Bean" Delphiki is a major character in Orson Scott Card's science fiction novels revolving around Ender Wiggin. ...
  8. Bean (also known as Bean: The Movie and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie) is a 1997 British comedy film based on the television series Mr. Bean. The film stars Rowan Atkinson as the title character and directed by Mel Smith, who previously worked with Atkinson on Not the Nine O'Clock News. ...
  9. * Colin Bean, English actor * Orson Bean, American actor * Sean Bean, English actor * Shoshana Bean, American stage actress and singer
  10. Bean is an open source free software word processor created and maintained by James Hoover. According to him, the focus of this program was not to replace Microsoft Word, but to write a lean word processor that was beautiful and user friendly.
  11. The large edible seed of plants of several genera of Fabaceae; The seed pod of plants of several genera of Fabaceae; A bean-like seed of some other plants, especially coffee; coffee in the general; Stuffing for beanbags and similar items, often made from plastic and resembling a pea or bean in ...
  12. (beans) pills; drugs in pill form
  13. Green beans are the unripe fruits of any kind of bean, including the yard long bean, the hyacinth bean, the pea, the winged bean, the carper bean, and especially the common bean, whose pods are also usually called string beans, but can also go by snap beans. ...
  14. (Beans) rare track, allegedly from the Ted, Ed and Fred demos in 1988. Recorded in '86, "The Beans Session". Other songs recorded include Verse Chorus Verse (acoustic version, known as "Sappy") and Misery Loves Company.
  15. (Beans) (II Kings, xvii, 28; Ezech., iv, 9), the horse-bean (Faba vulgaris; cf. Heb. pol and Arab. ful), an ordinary article of food, extensively cultivated in the East. The string-bean, Vigna sinensis, kidney-bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, and Phaseolus molliflorus, also grow in Israel.
  16. (BEANS) Meet orders; lunch period
  17. (BEANS) Our sugarcats’ unique word to describe us (“beings” as in human beings).
  18. (BEANS) There are many types of beans but they are all members of the family fabaceae (alternately Leguminosae). Some beans such as raw red beans and kidney beans can be toxic. Beans should be fed thoroughly cooked as partial cooking may make them more toxic. ...
  19. (BEANS) This signifies that there are difficulties ahead. Eating beans in a dream indicates ill-health. Crops of beans shows disruption with loved ones.
  20. (BEans) Heating food, but excellent for animals in hard work, as they are high in protein. They should be fed with caution and cracked or kibbled. ...
  21. (Beans (dried)) It takes about 2 pounds of dried beans to make 1 1/2 gallons of soup. 1 pound of beans = about 2 - 2 1/2 cups = 6 cups cooked beans
  22. (Beans) A forbidden article of diet. The consumption of beans was prohibited by Pythagoras and Plato to those who desire veracious dreams, as they tend to inflate; and for the purpose of truthful dreaming, the animal nature must be made to lie quiet. ...
  23. (Beans) Crack Cocaine; mescaline; amphetamine; depressants
  24. (Beans) Grounding, love, and prosperity
  25. (Beans) Millions of dollars. Eck might say, “Jason Bay would look great in front of the Monster next season, but it could take as much as 15 beans per season over the next four years.”