BEAN


Meaning of BEAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bi:n ]

( beans)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

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.

N-COUNT : usu pl , usu adj N

2.

Beans such as soya beans and kidney beans are the dried seeds of a bean plant.

N-COUNT : usu pl , usu n N

3.

Beans such as coffee beans or cocoa beans are the seeds of plants that are used to produce coffee, cocoa, and chocolate.

N-COUNT : usu pl , usu n N

4.

If someone is full of beans , they are very lively and have a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

Jem was full of beans after a long sleep.

PHRASE : v-link PHR

5.

If you spill the beans , you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.

PHRASE : V inflects

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