Meaning

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

    Bohnenpflanze, Bohne

    бобbob, фасо́льfasólʹ

    бібbib, квасо́ляkvasólja, фасо́ляfasólja

    any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food

  2. 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.

    бобbob

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

    бобbob, стручо́кstručók, зерно́zernó

  5. (broadly)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.

  6. (slang)The head or brain.

    informal terms for a human head

  7. (slang)The human clitoris.

  8. (endearing, often, slang)A person; especially, a baby.

  9. (UK, slang)Money.

    I haven't got a bean.

  10. (slang)Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny).

  11. (UK, archaic, slang)A guinea coin or sovereign.

Examples

314 sentences
  1. It's possible to eat green beans raw.

    Їсти стручкову квасолю сирою можливо.

    ruЗелёные бобы возможно есть сырыми.

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  2. How many beans are in the jar?

    Скільки в банці бобів?

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  3. I'll boil the beans for you.

    Я зварю тобі квасолю.

    ruЯ сварю тебе бобы.

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  4. I don't eat beans.

    Я не їм квасолю.

    deIch esse keine Bohnen.

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  5. She may spill the beans.

    Вона може проговоритися.

    ruОна может проговориться.

    deSie könnte es ausplaudern.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
seed of a Fabaceae plant:
Русский
By meaning 2
seed of a Fabaceae plant:
other bean-like seed:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
plant of the Fabaceae family:
seed of a Fabaceae plant:

Origin

From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Pro

From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).

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Forms

plural: beans
Singularbean
Pluralbeans

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

153 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • spill the beans
  • green beans
  • eat beans

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bean — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto