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bean

bean
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [been]
    • /bin/
    • /biːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [been]
    • /bin/

Definitions of bean word

  • countable noun bean Beans such as green beans, French beans, or broad beans are the seeds of a climbing plant or the long thin cases which contain those seeds. 3
  • countable noun bean Beans such as soya beans and kidney beans are the dried seeds of a bean plant. 3
  • countable noun bean Beans such as coffee beans or cocoa beans are the seeds of plants that are used to produce coffee, cocoa, and chocolate. 3
  • countable noun bean Beans are baked beans. 3
  • singular noun bean If someone has not got a bean, they have no money at all. 3
  • noun bean any of various leguminous plants of the widely cultivated genus Phaseolus producing edible seeds in pods 3

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Origin of bean

First appearance:

before 950
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English bene, Old English bēan; cognate with Old Norse baun, Old Frisian bāne, Dutch boon, Old Saxon, Old High German bona (German Bohne), probably < Germanic *babnō, cognate with Russian bob, Latin faba < European Indo-European *bhabh-

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Parts of speech for Bean

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bean popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

bean usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bean

noun bean

  • kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
  • grain — granularity
  • berry — Berries are small, round fruit that grow on a bush or a tree. Some berries are edible, for example blackberries and raspberries.
  • nugget — a lump of something, as of precious metal.
  • seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.

verb bean

  • brained — having a particular type of brain (used in combination): small-brained dinosaurs.
  • attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
  • set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • boff — a loud, hearty laugh
  • light into — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.

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