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11bean — 1 noun (C) 1 VEGETABLE a) a seed from one of many types of climbing plants, that is often used as food b) a pod (=seed case) from a bean plant that is used as food when the seeds are young: green beans 2 PLANT a plant that produces beans 3 COFFEE …
12bean — n. & v. n. 1 a any kind of leguminous plant with edible usu. kidney shaped seeds in long pods. b one of these seeds. 2 a similar seed of coffee and other plants. 3 US sl. the head. 4 (in pl.; with neg.) US sl. anything at all (doesn t know beans… …
13bean — n. 1) broad; French (BE), haricot (BE), kidney; lima; navy; pinto; runner (BE), string; wax beans 2) baked beans 3) (misc.) to spill the beans (slang) ( to reveal a secret ); to use the old bean (slang) ( to use one s head ); full of beans… …
14old — A frequently used vocative element, meant to indicate affectionate familiarity in most cases, and usually addressed to a man. ‘Old boy’ has in recent times been one of the most popular combinations, followed by ‘old man’ and ‘old chap’.… …
15old, older — The everyday word for someone advanced in age is old. Old is also applied to anything in existence of long standing or that originated in a prior age: an old man, an old church, an old map, an old poem, an old model, an old family. Older is the… …
16bean — noun 1》 an edible kidney shaped seed growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants. 2》 a leguminous plant bearing beans in pods. [Phaseolus and other genera: numerous species.] 3》 the hard seed of coffee, cocoa, and certain other plants. 4》… …
17old man — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Father or husband] Syn. head of the house, male parent, male spouse, boyfriend, lover, man; see also father 1 , husband , parent . 2. [An affectionate address] Syn. my friend, old boy, old chap, old fellow, old bean, buddy;… …
18Bean — is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for human food or animal feed. Although beans usually means the seeds of bean plants, it can also mean (especially in the US) the whole… …
19Bean-feast — Bean feast, primarily an annual dinner given by an employer to his workmen, and by extension, colloquially, describes any jollification. The phrase is variously derived. The most probable theory is that which connects it with the custom in France …
20Bean (Ender's Game) — Bean is a major character in Orson Scott Card s science fiction novels revolving around Ender Wiggin. He is an important supporting character in Ender s Game and the main character of the eponymous Bean Quartet (or Shadow Saga as it is officially …
