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   Bean

   /bēn/

   

   noun

   • 1. an edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants: "beans on toast"
   • ▪ the hard seed of coffee, cocoa, and certain other plants.
   • 2. a leguminous plant that bears beans in pods.
   • 3. a very small amount or nothing at all of something (used emphatically): informal "there is not a single bean of substance in the report"
   • ▪ any money at all: informal British "he didn't have a bean"
   • 4. a person's head, especially when regarded as a source of common sense: informal, dated "this morning the old bean seems to be functioning in a slow way"

   verb

   • 1. hit (someone) on the head: informal North American "Boone was nearly beaned by that wild pitch"

   Word Origin Old Englishbēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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