bean

Definitions


[biːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants
(e.g: a tin of beans)

- a leguminous plant that bears beans in pods

- a very small amount or nothing at all of something (used emphatically)
(e.g: there is not a single bean of substance in the report)

- a person's head, especially when regarded as a source of common sense
(e.g: this morning the old bean seems to be functioning in a slow way)


Phrases:
- a hill of beans
- full of beans
- know how many beans make five
- old bean

Origin:
Old English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne


[biːn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- hit (someone) on the head
(e.g: she picked up a rock and beaned him on the forehead)


Phrases:
- a hill of beans
- full of beans
- know how many beans make five
- old bean

Origin:
Old English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne




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