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bean

noun
/ˈbi(ː)n//biːn/

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.

  1. derived from *bʰabʰ-✻ — “bean”
  2. inherited from *baunō✻ — “bean”
  3. inherited from *baunu✻
  4. inherited from bēan
  5. inherited from bene

Definitions

  1. Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible…

    Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

  2. The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo…

    The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).

  3. The edible seedpod of such a plant.

    • Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled.
  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a…

      The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.

    2. An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and…

      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.

    3. The head or brain.

      • Now, there was a perfectly sound forecast for you. Certainly a case of using the old bean. The surmise was perfectly logical.

    4. The human clitoris.

      • For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean.

    5. A person

      A person; especially, a baby.

      • Sparky is a good bean, even if he is a carpet-bagging bean at that.
      • i dont want boid (whoever said that) he is mean. boid is a mean bean.
      • "Good, because we like you. You're okay. You're a good bean." "I never thought I'd be friends with a cheerleader," I said.

    6. A guinea coin or sovereign.

    7. Money.

      • I haven't got a bean.

    8. Clipping of JavaBean.

      • The singerOne bean has values for both the name and age properties, so it passes through the init() method with absolutely no changes.

    9. Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny).

      • Once the bean kicked in I started wilding.

    10. A toe bean.

    11. 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.

    12. A surname.

    13. A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5872).

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Derived

African locust bean, a hill of beans, asparagus-bean, Banstead, BaseBean, bean aphid, bean aphis, beanbag, bean-bag, bean bag, bean ball, beanball, bean beetle, bean-belly, bean blight, beanbrain, beanbrawl, beanbreath, bean bruchid, bean-brush, beanburger, bean-butter, bean-cake, bean cake, beancake, bean caper, bean-caper, bean choke, bean chute, bean clam, bean-cod, bean counter, bean-counter, bean cowrie, bean-crake, Bean Creek, bean curd, bean curve, bean dip, bean-dolphin · +184 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bean. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at bean. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at bean

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA