Definition of BEAN

bean

Meanings

Plural: beans

Noun

  • any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
  • any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
  • any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
  • informal terms for a human head
  • Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
  • The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).
  • The edible seedpod of such a plant.
  • The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
  • 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.
  • The head or brain.
  • The human clitoris.
  • A person; especially, a baby.
  • A guinea coin or sovereign.
  • Money.
  • Clipping of JavaBean.
  • Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny).
  • A toe bean.

Verb

  • hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
  • To hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the head.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), West Frisian bean (“bean”), Dutch boon (“bean”), German Bohne (“bean”),
Swedish böna (“bean”),
Danish bønne (“bean”), Norwegian bønne (“bean”), Icelandic baun (“bean”), Latin faba (“bean”), Russian боб (bob, “bean”), Serbo-Croatian бо̏б/bȍb. Doublet of fava.

Synonyms

attic, bean plant, bonce, dome, edible bean, noggin, noodle

Scrabble Score: 6

bean is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bean is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bean is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

bean is a valid Words With Friends word