bean

2004, T. N. Shivenanda, B. R. V. Iyengar, Phosphorus Management in French Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.), Ramdane Dris, S. Mohan Jain (editors), Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops, Volume 2: Plant Mineral Nutrition and Pesticide Management, page 79,
Beans are a large group of leguminous vegetables that serve as a main source of proteins in human diet. This group comprises several species and some of them are Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis); Broad bean (Vicia faba); Cluster bean (Cyamposis tetragonoloba); French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); […] .

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).

Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled and made into pickled beans.

en:non-Fabaceae seed comparable to Fabaceae seed

(by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.

en:object with shape comparable to a seed of the Fabaceae

(by extension) 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.

Now, there was a perfectly sound forecast for you. Certainly a case of using the old bean. The surmise was perfectly logical.

1959, Maxwell Droke, You and the World to Come, page 173:

I saw her quiver and kept a wary eye on the ginger ale bottle. But even if she had raised it and brought it down on [my] bean, I couldn't have been more stunned than I was by the words that left her lips.
[...]
 Well, as I say, it was from his fertile bean that the idea sprang.

1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI and XV:

For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean.

2010, Cynthia W. Gentry, Dana Fredst, What Women Really Want in Bed: The Surprising Secrets Women Wish Men Knew about Sex, Quiver, published 2010, →ISBN, page 64:

Sparky is a good bean, even if he is a carpet-bagging bean at that.

2000 April 9, Richard G Cheek, “Apologies, DimWit Dana”, in talk.politics.guns (Usenet):

i dont want boid (whoever said that) he is mean. boid is a mean bean.

2002 March 21, Yena, "oh my bloody god boys!", microsoft.public.xbox, Usenet

"Good, because we like you. You're okay. You're a good bean." "I never thought I'd be friends with a cheerleader," I said.

2007, Alex Bradley, Hot Lunch, Penguin, →ISBN:

(slang, often endearing) A person; especially, a baby.

(British, slang, archaic) A guinea coin.

I haven't got a bean.

(British, slang, chiefly in the negative) Money.

The singerOne bean has values for both the name and age properties, so it passes through the init() method with absolutely no changes.

2017, Iuliana Cosmina, Rob Harrop, Chris Schaefer, Clarence Ho, Pro Spring 5, 5th edition, Apress, →ISBN, page 131:

(Java programming language) Clipping of JavaBean.

Once the bean kicked in I started wilding.

2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN:

(slang) Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny).

(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A toe bean.

→ Fiji Hindi: biin

Bohnenpflanze

plant of Fabaceae that produces edible seeds or pods

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.


bean

The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.

Though I shall have to exercise an iron self-restraint to keep me from beaning that pie-faced little hornswoggler Mrs Bertram Wooster, nee Wickham, with the shaker.
[...]
 dudgeon might easily lead her to reach for the ginger ale bottle and bean me with it.

1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX and XI:

(chiefly baseball) To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.

en-verb

bean (third-person singular simple present beans, present participle beaning, simple past and past participle beaned)

beans (present singular third-person)
beaning (participle present)
beaned (participle past)
beaned (past)


bean

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bean f (genitive singular mná, nominative plural mná)

mná (genitive singular)
mná (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
bean (indefinite singular)
mná (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhean (indefinite singular)
a mhná (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
mná (indefinite singular)
ban (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
mnaoi (archaic dialectal indefinite singular)
mnáibh (archaic indefinite plural)
nominative (definite)
an bhean (definite singular)
na mná (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na mná (definite singular)
na mban (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbean (definite singular)
don bhean (definite singular)
leis an mnaoi (archaic definite dialectal singular)
don mhnaoi (archaic definite dialectal singular)
leis na mná (definite plural)
leis na mnáibh (archaic definite plural)

PIE word
 *gʷḗn
From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.


bean

Tá triúr iníonacha agam; tá bean acu trasinscneach.

I have three daughters; one of them is transgender.


bean

(transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bain

bean (present analytic beanann, future analytic beanfaidh, verbal noun beant, past participle beanta)

beanann (analytic present)
beanfaidh (analytic future)
beant (noun-from-verb)
beanta (participle past)
beanaim (first-person indicative present singular)
beanann tú (indicative present second-person singular)
beanair (indicative present second-person singular)
beanann sé (indicative present singular third-person)
sí (indicative present singular third-person)
beanaimid (first-person indicative plural present)
beanann sibh (indicative plural present second-person)
beanann siad (indicative plural present third-person)
beanaid (indicative plural present third-person)
a bheanann (indicative present relative)
a bheanas (indicative present relative)
a mbeanann (indicative present relative)
beantar (autonomous indicative present)
bhean mé (first-person indicative past singular)
bheanas (first-person indicative past singular)
bhean tú (indicative past second-person singular)
bheanais (indicative past second-person singular)
bhean sé (indicative past singular third-person)
sí (indicative past singular third-person)
bheanamar (first-person indicative past plural)
bhean muid (first-person indicative past plural)
bhean sibh (indicative past plural second-person)
bheanabhair (indicative past plural second-person)
bhean siad (indicative past plural third-person)
bheanadar (indicative past plural third-person)
a bhean (indicative past relative)
ar bhean (indicative past relative)
beanadh (autonomous indicative past)
bheanainn (first-person habitual indicative past singular)
mbeanainn‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past singular)
bheantá (habitual indicative past second-person singular)
mbeantá‡‡ (habitual indicative past second-person singular)
bheanadh sé (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
sí (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
mbeanadh sé (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
sí‡‡ (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
bheanaimis (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
bheanadh muid (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
mbeanaimis‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
mbeanadh muid‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
bheanadh sibh (habitual indicative past plural second-person)
mbeanadh sibh‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural second-person)
bheanaidís (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
bheanadh siad (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
mbeanaidís‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
mbeanadh siad‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
a bheanadh (habitual indicative past relative)
a mbeanadh (habitual indicative past relative)
bheantaí (autonomous habitual indicative past)
mbeantaí‡‡ (autonomous habitual indicative past)
beanfaidh mé (first-person future singular)
beanfad (first-person future singular)
beanfaidh tú (future second-person singular)
beanfair (future second-person singular)
beanfaidh sé (future singular third-person)
sí (future singular third-person)
beanfaimid (first-person future plural)
beanfaidh muid (first-person future plural)
beanfaidh sibh (future plural second-person)
beanfaidh siad (future plural third-person)
beanfaid (future plural third-person)
a bheanfaidh (future relative)
a bheanfas (future relative)
a mbeanfaidh (future relative)
beanfar (autonomous future)
bheanfainn (conditional first-person singular)
mbeanfainn‡‡ (conditional first-person singular)
bheanfá (conditional second-person singular)
mbeanfá‡‡ (conditional second-person singular)
bheanfadh sé (conditional singular third-person)
sí (conditional singular third-person)
mbeanfadh sé (conditional singular third-person)
sí‡‡ (conditional singular third-person)
bheanfaimis (conditional first-person plural)
bheanfadh muid (conditional first-person plural)
mbeanfaimis‡‡ (conditional first-person plural)
mbeanfadh muid‡‡ (conditional first-person plural)
bheanfadh sibh (conditional plural second-person)
mbeanfadh sibh‡‡ (conditional plural second-person)
bheanfaidís (conditional plural third-person)
bheanfadh siad (conditional plural third-person)
mbeanfaidís‡‡ (conditional plural third-person)
mbeanfadh siad‡‡ (conditional plural third-person)
a bheanfadh (conditional relative)
a mbeanfadh (conditional relative)
bheanfaí (autonomous conditional)
mbeanfaí‡‡ (autonomous conditional)
go mbeana mé (first-person present singular subjunctive)
go mbeanad (first-person present singular subjunctive)
go mbeana tú (present second-person singular subjunctive)
go mbeanair (present second-person singular subjunctive)
go mbeana sé (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sí (present singular subjunctive third-person)
go mbeanaimid (first-person plural present subjunctive)
go mbeana muid (first-person plural present subjunctive)
go mbeana sibh (plural present second-person subjunctive)
go mbeana siad (plural present subjunctive third-person)
go mbeanaid (plural present subjunctive third-person)
go mbeantar (autonomous present subjunctive)
dá mbeanainn (first-person past singular subjunctive)
dá mbeantá (past second-person singular subjunctive)
dá mbeanadh sé (past singular subjunctive third-person)
sí (past singular subjunctive third-person)
dá mbeanaimis (first-person past plural subjunctive)
dá mbeanadh muid (first-person past plural subjunctive)
dá mbeanadh sibh (past plural second-person subjunctive)
dá mbeanaidís (past plural subjunctive third-person)
dá mbeanadh siad (past plural subjunctive third-person)
dá mbeantaí (autonomous past subjunctive)
beanaim (first-person imperative singular)
bean (imperative second-person singular)
beanadh sé (imperative singular third-person)
sí (imperative singular third-person)
beanaimis (first-person imperative plural)
beanaigí (imperative plural second-person)
beanaidh (imperative plural second-person)
beanaidís (imperative plural third-person)
beantar (autonomous imperative)
beant (noun-from-verb)
beanta (participle past)
bean
bhean
mbean

From a conflation of Old Irish benaid (“beat, strike”) and bongaid (“break, cut”).


bean

enm-verb

bean (third-person singular simple present is, present participle beinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative was, past participle beon)

is (present singular third-person)
beinge (participle present)
was (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
beon (participle past)


bean

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bēan f (nominative plural bēana or bēane)

bēan (canonical feminine)
bēana (nominative plural)
bēane (nominative plural)
bēan (nominative singular)
bēana (nominative plural)
bēane (nominative plural)
bēane (accusative singular)
bēana (accusative plural)
bēane (accusative plural)
bēane (genitive singular)
bēana (genitive plural)
bēane (dative singular)
bēanum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: bene, beane, beene, beyn, ben, bean
English: bean
Scots: bein, bene
Yola: beanès, beanes, baanès, baanes, banès (plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu.
Cognates
Cognate with Old Frisian bāne, bām (West Frisian bean), Old Saxon bōna (Low German Bohn), Dutch boon, Old High German bōna (German Bohne), Old Norse baun (Danish bønne, Swedish böna).


bean

gd-decl-noun-table

mnà
 mnatha
 mnathadh (archaic, dialectal)

(na) mnà
 (na) mnatha
 (na) mnathadh (archaic, dialectal)

bean (indefinite nominative singular)
mnathan (indefinite nominative plural)
mnai (archaic indefinite nominative plural)
mnà (genitive indefinite singular)
mnatha (genitive indefinite singular)
mnathadh (archaic dialectal genitive indefinite singular)
ban (genitive indefinite plural)
bean (dative indefinite singular)
mnaoi (archaic dative indefinite singular)
mnathan (dative indefinite plural)
mnathaibh (archaic dative indefinite plural)
(a') bhean (definite nominative singular)
mnathan (definite nominative plural)
na mnathan (definite nominative plural)
mnai (archaic definite nominative plural)
na mnai (archaic definite nominative plural)
mnà (definite genitive singular)
na mnà (definite genitive singular)
mnatha (definite genitive singular)
na mnatha (definite genitive singular)
mnathadh (archaic definite dialectal genitive singular)
na mnathadh (archaic definite dialectal genitive singular)
ban (definite genitive plural)
nam ban (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhean (dative definite singular)
(a') mhnaoi (archaic) (dative definite singular)
mnathan (dative definite plural)
na mnathan (dative definite plural)
mnathaibh (archaic dative definite plural)
na mnathaibh (archaic dative definite plural)
bhean (definite singular vocative)
a bhean (definite singular vocative)
mhnathan (definite plural vocative)
a mhnathan (definite plural vocative)
bean
bhean

From Middle Irish ben, from Old Irish ben. Cognates include Irish bean and Manx ben.


bean

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bean c (plural beanen, diminutive beantsje)

From Old Frisian bāne, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu.
Cognate with Dutch boon, English bean, German Bohne.