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- 1 A surname.
- 2 A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5872).
- 1 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); […] ."
- 2 informal terms for a human head wordnet
- 3 The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).
- 4 any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food wordnet
- 5 The edible seedpod of such a plant.
"Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled."
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- 6 any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods wordnet
- 7 The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean. broadly
- 8 any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans wordnet
- 9 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. broadly
- 10 The head or brain. slang
"Now, there was a perfectly sound forecast for you. Certainly a case of using the old bean. The surmise was perfectly logical."
- 11 The human clitoris. slang
"For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean."
- 12 A person; especially, a baby. endearing, often, slang
"Sparky is a good bean, even if he is a carpet-bagging bean at that."
- 13 A guinea coin or sovereign. British, archaic, slang
- 14 Money. British, slang
"I haven't got a bean."
- 15 Clipping of JavaBean. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"The singerOne bean has values for both the name and age properties, so it passes through the init() method with absolutely no changes."
- 16 Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny). slang
"Once the bean kicked in I started wilding."
- 17 A toe bean. colloquial, in-plural
- 1 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."
- 2 hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball wordnet
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.
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.
Probably an occupational surname for a bean farmer, from bean.
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