bean
To hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the headTo hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the head.
» It's possible to eat green beans raw.
Зелёные бобы возможно есть сырыми. — Ooneykcall
Їсти стручкову квасолю сирою можливо. — Ahha
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo 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.
hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
Examples
314 sentencesIt's possible to eat green beans raw.
Їсти стручкову квасолю сирою можливо. — Ahha
ruЗелёные бобы возможно есть сырыми. — Ooneykcall
How many beans are in the jar?
Скільки в банці бобів? — deniko
I'll boil the beans for you.
Я зварю тобі квасолю. — deniko
ruЯ сварю тебе бобы. — fjay69
I don't eat beans.
Я не їм квасолю. — deniko
deIch esse keine Bohnen. — Waldelfe
She may spill the beans.
Вона може проговоритися. — deniko
ruОна может проговориться. — shanghainese
deSie könnte es ausplaudern. — Tickler
Origin
From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from ProFrom 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
beans, beaning, beaned, beanedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- spill the beans
- green beans
- eat beans
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.