Associations to the word «Bean»

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Wiktionary

BEAN, noun. Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seed pods.
BEAN, noun. The large edible seed of such a plant.
BEAN, noun. The edible seed pod of such a plant.
BEAN, noun. The bean-like seed of certain other plants, especially coffee; coffee in the general.
BEAN, noun. 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.
BEAN, noun. (slang) The head or brain.
BEAN, noun. (British) (slang) (archaic) A guinea coin.
BEAN, noun. (British) (slang) (usually in the negative) Money.
BEAN, noun. (slang) The clitoris.
BEAN, noun. (software) Short for JavaBean.
BEAN, verb. (chiefly baseball) To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.
BEAN, proper noun. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist William Jackson Bean (1863-1947).
BEAN, proper noun. A surname​.
BEAN BAG, noun. Alternative form of beanbag
BEAN BAGS, noun. Plural of bean bag
BEAN BALL, noun. (cricket) A ball that does not bounce and passes the batsman approximately at head height.
BEAN BALL, noun. (baseball) A pitch deliberately thrown at the head of the batter.
BEAN BALLS, noun. Plural of bean ball
BEAN COUNTER, noun. (idiomatic) (business) (mildly derogatory) A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters.
BEAN COUNTERS, noun. Plural of bean counter
BEAN CURD, noun. Tofu
BEAN CURDS, noun. Plural of bean curd
BEAN CURVE, noun. (mathematics) A curve with formula :\(x^4+x^2y^2+y^4=x(x^2+y^2) \,\).
BEAN FEAST, noun. A variant spelling of beanfeast.
BEAN FEASTS, noun. Plural of bean feast
BEAN FLICKER, noun. A lesbian
BEAN FLICKER, noun. One who stimulates their clitoris; a female masturbator
BEAN FLICKERS, noun. Plural of bean flicker
BEAN FLICKING, noun. Stimulating one's clitoris; female masturbation
BEAN GEESE, noun. Plural of bean goose
BEAN GOOSE, noun. A grey goose, Anser fabalis, of the Anatidae family
BEAN HOLE, noun. A hole dug in the ground in which beans are cooked.
BEAN HOLES, noun. Plural of bean hole
BEAN PIE, noun. A sweet custard pie whose filling consists of mashed beans (usually navy beans), sugar, butter, milk, and spices.
BEAN PIES, noun. Plural of bean pie
BEAN POLE, noun. Alternative spelling of beanpole
BEAN POLES, noun. Plural of bean pole
BEAN QUEEN, noun. (idiomatic) (slang) (LGBT) A (usually white) man who is primarily attracted to Hispanic and Latino men.
BEAN QUEENS, noun. Plural of bean queen
BEAN SPROUT, noun. (chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the mung bean.
BEAN SPROUT, noun. (chiefly in the plural) A sprout of any of several other species of bean
BEAN SPROUTS, noun. Plural of bean sprout
BEAN TREFOIL, noun. Anagyris foetida, a leguminous shrub of southern Europe with trifoliate leaves.
BEAN TREFOILS, noun. Plural of bean trefoil

Dictionary definition

BEAN, noun. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food.
BEAN, noun. Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans.
BEAN, noun. Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods.
BEAN, noun. Informal terms for a human head.
BEAN, verb. Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats