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bean
(bēn)n.
1.
a. Any of various twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, native to the Americas, having leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers, and widely cultivated for their edible pods and seeds.
b. A seed or pod of any of these plants.
2. Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.
3. Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans such as the coffee bean or vanilla bean.
4. Slang A person's head.
5. beans Slang A small amount: I don't know beans about investing.
6. Chiefly British A fellow; a chap.
tr.v. beaned, bean·ing, beans Slang
Idioms: To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.
full of beans
1. Energetic; frisky: The children were too full of beans to sit still.
2. Badly mistaken: Don't believe him; he's full of beans.
spill the beans
To disclose a secret.
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bean
(biːn)n
1. (Plants) any of various leguminous plants of the widely cultivated genus Phaseolus producing edible seeds in pods. See French bean, lima bean, scarlet runner, string bean
2. (Plants) any of several other leguminous plants that bear edible pods or seeds, such as the broad bean and soya bean
3. (Plants) any of various other plants whose seeds are produced in pods or podlike fruits
4. (Plants) the seed or pod of any of these plants
5. (Plants) any of various beanlike seeds, such as coffee
6. slang US and Canadian another word for head
7. cool beans slang excellent; impressive
8. not have a bean slang to be without money: I haven't got a bean.
9. full of beans informal
a. full of energy and vitality
b. US mistaken; erroneous
10. spill the beans informal to disclose something confidential
vb
chiefly slang (tr) US and Canadian to hit (a person) on the head
[Old English bēan; related to Old Norse baun, Old Frisian bāne, Old High German bōna bean]
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bean
(bin)n.
1. the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, esp. of the genus Phaseolus.
2. a plant producing such seeds.
3. the pod of such a plant, esp. when immature and eaten as a vegetable.
4. any of various other beanlike seeds or plants, as the coffee bean.
5. Informal. a person's head.
6. beans, Informal. the slightest amount: He doesn't know beans about navigation.
v.t. 7. Informal. to hit on the head, esp. with a baseball.
Idioms: 1. full of beans, Informal.
a. overflowing with vitality.
b. erroneous; misinformed.
2. spill the beans, Informal. to disclose a secret.
[before 950; Middle English bene, Old English bēan, c. Old High German bona, Old Norse baun]
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bean
Past participle: beaned
Gerund: beaning
| Imperative |
|---|
| bean |
| bean |
| Present |
|---|
| I bean |
| you bean |
| he/she/it beans |
| we bean |
| you bean |
| they bean |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I beaned |
| you beaned |
| he/she/it beaned |
| we beaned |
| you beaned |
| they beaned |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am beaning |
| you are beaning |
| he/she/it is beaning |
| we are beaning |
| you are beaning |
| they are beaning |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have beaned |
| you have beaned |
| he/she/it has beaned |
| we have beaned |
| you have beaned |
| they have beaned |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was beaning |
| you were beaning |
| he/she/it was beaning |
| we were beaning |
| you were beaning |
| they were beaning |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had beaned |
| you had beaned |
| he/she/it had beaned |
| we had beaned |
| you had beaned |
| they had beaned |
| Future |
|---|
| I will bean |
| you will bean |
| he/she/it will bean |
| we will bean |
| you will bean |
| they will bean |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have beaned |
| you will have beaned |
| he/she/it will have beaned |
| we will have beaned |
| you will have beaned |
| they will have beaned |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be beaning |
| you will be beaning |
| he/she/it will be beaning |
| we will be beaning |
| you will be beaning |
| they will be beaning |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been beaning |
| you have been beaning |
| he/she/it has been beaning |
| we have been beaning |
| you have been beaning |
| they have been beaning |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been beaning |
| you will have been beaning |
| he/she/it will have been beaning |
| we will have been beaning |
| you will have been beaning |
| they will have been beaning |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been beaning |
| you had been beaning |
| he/she/it had been beaning |
| we had been beaning |
| you had been beaning |
| they had been beaning |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would bean |
| you would bean |
| he/she/it would bean |
| we would bean |
| you would bean |
| they would bean |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have beaned |
| you would have beaned |
| he/she/it would have beaned |
| we would have beaned |
| you would have beaned |
| they would have beaned |
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Noun 1. [画像:bean - any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food]bean - any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
goa bean - Old World tropical bean
common bean - any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
soya, soya bean, soybean, soy - the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)
bean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
2. [画像:bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans]bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
coumara nut, tonka bean - fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla
calabar bean, ordeal bean - dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
divi-divi - twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin
algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
seed - a small hard fruit
3. [画像:bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods]bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
bean, edible bean - any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
bush bean - a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports
pole bean - a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis
shell bean, shell bean plant - a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
4. [画像:bean - informal terms for a human head]bean - informal terms for a human head
human head - the head of a human being
Verb 1. [画像:bean - hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball]bean - hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
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bean
Beans and other pulses
adzuki bean or adsuki bean, black bean, black-eyed bean or (U.S.) black-eyed pea, bobby bean, borlotti bean, broad bean, butter bean, cannelini bean, chick pea or garbanzo, continental lentil, dhal, field bean, flageolet bean, French bean, gram, green bean, green lentil, haricot bean or (U.S.) navy bean, kidney bean, lentil, lima bean, mangetout or snow pea, marrowfat pea, mung bean, petit pois, pigeon pea, pinto bean, puy lentil, red kidney bean or (U.S.) red bean, red lentil, runner bean, soya bean, split pea, string bean, sugar snap peaCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
bean
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
حَبَّةُفُوْل لوبياء، فاصولياء
fazolezrn obob
bønnebønner
papupalko
grah
babpaszuly
baunbaun, fræbaunagras
豆
콩
pupapupelė
pupapupiņa
fasole
bôbfazuľa
fižolzrno
böna
ถั่ว
đậu
bean
[biːn]A. N
1. (gen) → frijol m, alubia f (Sp); (kidney) → frijol m, judía f (Sp), poroto m (S. Cone); (broad, haricot) → haba f; (green) → habichuela f, judía f verde (Sp), ejote m (Mex), poroto m verde (S. Cone); (coffee) → grano m
not a bean! → ¡nada en absoluto!
I haven't a bean (Brit) → estoy pelado, no tengo un duro (Sp) , no tengo un peso (LAm)
I didn't make a bean on the deal → no saqué ni un céntimo del negocio
to be full of beans (Brit) → estar lleno de vida
to know how many beans make five (Brit) (o.f.) → saber cuántas son dos y dos
he doesn't know beans about it (US) → no sabe ni papa de eso, no tiene ni zorra idea (Sp)
not to amount to a hill or row of beans → no valer nada
see also spill 1 A1
not a bean! → ¡nada en absoluto!
I haven't a bean (Brit) → estoy pelado, no tengo un duro (Sp) , no tengo un peso (LAm)
I didn't make a bean on the deal → no saqué ni un céntimo del negocio
to be full of beans (Brit) → estar lleno de vida
to know how many beans make five (Brit) (o.f.) → saber cuántas son dos y dos
he doesn't know beans about it (US) → no sabe ni papa de eso, no tiene ni zorra idea (Sp)
not to amount to a hill or row of beans → no valer nada
see also spill 1 A1
2. (as form of address) hello, old bean! (Brit) (o.f.) → ¡hola, macho! (Sp) , ¡hola, viejo! (LAm)
3. (US) (= head, brain) → coco m
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bean
[ˈbiːn] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bean
n
→ Bohne f; the proposals don’t amount to a hill or row of beans (inf) → die Vorschläge sind nicht überwältigend (inf); he hasn’t (got) a bean (Brit inf) → er hat keinen roten or lumpigen Heller (inf); calm the beans! (Brit inf: = calm down) → bleib locker! (inf), → komm runter! (inf)
(fig) to be full of beans (inf) → putzmunter sein (inf)
bean
:beanbag
n
(= seat) → Sitzsack m
(= toy) mit Bohnen gefülltes Säckchen, das zum Spielen verwendet wird
beanburger
n → vegetarischer Hamburger (mit Bohnen)
bean-counter
n (pej inf) → Erbsenzähler(in) m(f) (inf)
bean curd
n → Tofu nt
bean
:beanpole
n (lit, fig) → Bohnenstange f
bean sprout
n → Sojabohnensprosse f
beanstalk
n → Bohnenstängel m
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bean
[biːn] n → fagiolo ; (broad bean) → fava ; (runner bean) → fagiolino ; (of coffee) → grano, chiccofull of beans (fam) (child) → che ha l'argento vivo addosso (adult) → in gran forma
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bean
(biːn) noun1. any one of several kinds of pod-bearing plant or its seed. black beans; green beans; red beans. boon, boontjie لوبياء، فاصولياء бобена култура feijão fazole, bob die Bohne bønne φασόλι judía, habichuela uba لوبیا papu haricot שעועית सेम grah bab kacang-kacangan, buncis baunagras/-planta fagiolo 豆 콩과 pupa pupa kekacang boon bønne fasola لوبيا feijão fasole боб fazuľa, bôb fižol mahunasto povrće böna เมล็ดถั่ว fasulye 豆 квасоля پھلیاں đậu 豆
2. the bean-like seed of other plants. coffee beans. koffiebone حَبَّةُ( البُن) зърно grão zrn(k)o die Bohne bønne κόκκος, σπυρί grano uba هر دانۀ لوبیا مانند papu grain פול सेम की तरह के बीज वाले दूसरे पौधे zrno szem biji baun, fræ chicco, grano 豆に似た実 콩 비슷한 열매 pupelė pupiņa kacang boon bønne ziarenko د لوبيا مختلف اقسام، باقلى، دانه، نينكۍ grão bob зерно zrno zrno zrno böna เมล็ดพืชที่คล้ายถั่ว ...çekirdeği 豆形種子 біб پھلی دار بیج hạt cây 豆形果实
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bean
→ فُوْل fazole bønne Bohne φασόλι fríjol , judía papu haricot grah fagiolo 豆 콩 boon bønne fasola feijão боб böna ถั่ว fasulye đậu 豆子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bean
n. frijol;
___ -shaped → en forma de riñon o frijol.
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