Bean
[biːn] or [bin]
Definition
(noun.) any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food.
(noun.) any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods.
(noun.) any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans.
(verb.) hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball.
Editor: Val--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
(n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
Edited by Bertram
Definition
n. the name of several kinds of leguminous plants and their seeds: applied also to the seeds of some other plants from their bean-like form as the Calabar bean &c.—ns. Bean′-feast an annual dinner given by employers to their hands perhaps from there having been served on such occasions beans or a Bean′-goose a species of goose said to be so called from its fondness for devouring new-sown beans; Bean′-king the king of the festivities on Twelfth Night chosen on his finding a bean hidden in the Twelfth Cake.
Typed by Adele
Unserious Contents or Definition
This is a bad dream. To see them growing, omens worries and sickness among children. Dried beans, means much disappointment in worldly affairs. Care should be taken to prevent contagious diseases from spreading. To dream of eating them, implies the misfortune or illness of a well loved friend.
Typist: Moira
Examples
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The dark bean-shaped cells are the normal blood corpuscles, and the few speckled cells are those infested with the malarial parasites. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It had sprung up in the night, or rather early morning, like Jack's bean-stalk. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Roots of soy bean having tubercle-bearing bacteria. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The Mexican vanilla beans have the finest flavor, and the longer the bean, as a rule, the better the extract. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To make the starch: For two shirts, collars, and cuffs take one table-spoonful of starch dissolved in water; shave a piece of the above into it the size of a bean. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- For the affection of young ladies is of as rapid growth as Jack's bean-stalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Thank you for the coffee beans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I suppose the Academy was bacon and beans in the Forty-Mile Desert, and a European gallery is a state dinner of thirteen courses. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Their place can be taken by beans, peas, potatoes, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There are other excellent varieties of vanilla beans, but they have a somewhat ranker flavor than the Mexican. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Other foods, like peas and beans, not only satisfy the appetite, but supply to the body abundant nourishment. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- No bounty had ever been given before for the exportation of this grain, no more than for that of pease or beans. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Unscrupulous jobbers and dealers have been known to soak the whole beans in spirits, practically stealing all their flavor, and then by drying them place them on the market. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I wondered awhile, but soon I began to long for a tin plate, and some bacon and beans. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Much grain also and beans. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He came back with a handful of roasted coffee beans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Patches of poor rye where corn should have been, patches of poor peas and beans, patches of most coarse vegetable substitutes for wheat. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Many immigrants live cheaply and well with beans and bread as their main diet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There are few legumes that have shown value on dry lands, but peas, beans and alfalfa are the most promising of development. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Most of the vanilla extracts sold for flavoring purposes are adulterated with Tonka beans and other adulterants, some containing not a particle of vanilla. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Wery good little dinner, sir, they can get ready in half an hour--pair of fowls, sir, and a weal cutlet; French beans, 'taturs, tart, and tidiness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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