Definitions for Bean

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Bean bean

Spelling: [been]

IPA: /bin/

Bean is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in Bean (aben).

Definitions for Bean

noun

1. the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
2. a plant producing such seeds.
3. the pod of such a plant, especially when immature and eaten as a vegetable.
4. any of various other beanlike seeds or plants, as the coffee bean.
5. Slang. a person's head. a coin or a bank note considered as a coin:
6. British Informal. a minimum amount of money:
7. beans, Informal. the slightest amount:
8. Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
9. Roy ("Judge") 1825?–1903, U.S. frontiersman and justice of the peace: called himself “the law west of the Pecos.”.

Idioms

1. full of beans, Informal. energetic; vigorously active; vital: stupid; erroneous; misinformed.
2. spill the beans, Informal. to disclose a secret, either accidentally or imprudently, thereby ruining a surprise or plan:

interjection

1. beans, (used to express disbelief, annoyance, etc.).

verb (used with object)

1. Slang. to hit on the head, especially with a baseball.

Origin of Bean

before 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 Germanic *babnō, cognate

Examples for Bean

bean is to dying onscreen what Kevin Bacon is to being connected with every other actor.

I was offered my first book contract, for The bean Trees, the day I came home from the hospital with my first child.

bean powders may be tossed into the mix to increase the fiber and protein count even more.

“bean porridge is wholesome food, Paul,” said his grandfather.

They are baking a great cake in the kitchen, with a bean in it.

Remove the strings with a knife, and take off both ends of the bean.

This has occurred with bean bag chairs, children's sweaters, and the Coco The Monkey Teething Toy.

Spending time with bean is somewhat disconcerting after seeing him play so many somber, doomed roles.

If the water is hard, a piece of soda the size of a bean should be added.

"bean porridge is wholesome food, Paul," said his grandfather.