bean
[noun]
Synonyms: head, belfry, coco, conk, dome, headpiece, noddle, noggin, noodle, poll

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Bean
⇒ Mr Bean

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I. bean¹ S2 /biːn/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English]

1. a seed or a pod (=case containing seeds), that comes from a climbing plant and is cooked as food. There are very many types of beans.:
baked beans
Soak the beans overnight.
kidney beans
green beans

2. a plant that produces beans

3. a seed used in making some types of food or drinks:
coffee beans
cocoa beans

4. be full of beans informal to be very eager and full of energy:
She’s full of beans this morning.

5. not have a bean British English informal to have no money at all

6. not know/care beans (about somebody/something) American English informal to not know anything or care at all about someone or something
⇒ spill the beans at spill¹(3), ⇒ not amount to a hill of beans at hill(5), ⇒ jelly bean

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II. bean² verb [transitive]
informal to hit someone on the head with an object

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bean
noun
I. vegetable
ADJ. black-eyed, broad, butter, chilli, French, green, haricot, kidney, runner, soya, string | canned, dried, refried | baked baked beans on toast
VERB + BEAN eat, have | plant | grow She grows her own broad beans.
cook | drain, strain | soak If using dried beans, soak them overnight first.
BEAN + NOUN curd | sprout
 ⇒ Special page at FOOD

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bean
II. seed of other plants
ADJ. cocoa, coffee
VERB + BEAN roast | grind

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bean
bi:n
See: full of beans , spill the beans , use one's head or use one's bean

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