bean
/bin/
verb
- To hit someone on the head, especially with a thrown object.
- The pitcher accidentally beaned the batter with a fastball.
- A kid in the park beaned his friend with a snowball.
- She almost beaned the teacher with a stray tennis ball.
noun
- A seed or pod of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable.
- She added black beans to the soup for extra protein.
- The farmer harvested a large crop of kidney beans this year.
- My favorite side dish is green beans with garlic.
- A seed of a coffee or cocoa plant.
- Cocoa beans are fermented and dried before being made into chocolate.
- He bought a bag of whole coffee beans to grind at home.
- The barista ground fresh coffee beans for each order.
- A small, round object or piece, especially one used in games or as a decoration.
- She filled the beanbag chair with tiny foam beans.
- The children counted jelly beans and sorted them by color.
- He won a prize by guessing the number of beans in the jar.
- A person's head, especially in informal or humorous use.
- Use your bean and think before you jump.
- He bumped his bean on the low doorway.
- She wore a hat to protect her bean from the sun.
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