Definitions for beans

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beans bean

Spelling: [been]

IPA: /bin/

Beans is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in beans (abens).

Definitions for beans

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:

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 beans

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 beans

You've got so you think that hay and bread and pork and beans are all men live and die for!

While the beans are cooling and drying, melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.

Soak the beans overnight and then parboil them in soda water.

"Some greeny that wants a nickel's worth of beans, I suppose," said one.

Immigrants and fears about disease go together like beans and rice.

De Merode sits at a long table and digs into a plate piled with rice, beans, and avocado.

Where they could, they robbed the Indians of their scanty stores of corn and beans.

Drain immediately and immerse the beans in ice water to stop the cooking.

Some prefer it with the beans boiled soft, but not quite dissolved.

Combine the beans and onion sauce in a 9x9-inch casserole dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.