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bean 1, noun (oh)




[Language: Old English; Origin:]
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
a plant that produces beans
a seed used in making some types of food or drinks
::coffee beans
::cocoa beans
be full of beans
informal to be very eager and full of energy
::She's full of beans this morning.
not have a bean
BrE informal to have no money at all
not know/care beans (about sb/sth)
AmE informal to not know anything or care at all about someone or something
-see also spill the beans at spill 1 (3)
-see also not amount to a hill of beans at hill (5), jelly bean