bean meaning

Noun: bean  been

1. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
   - edible bean 
2. Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans 
3. Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
   - bean plant 
4. Informal term for a human head
   - attic, bonce [Brit], noodle, noggin, dome

Verb: bean  been
Usage: N. Amer

1. Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball

Sounds like: been

Derived forms: beaned, beans, beaning

See also: beaner

Type of: hit, human head, legume, leguminous plant, seed

Part of: Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family

Encyclopedia: Bean Bean, Kent

[American slang]
n. the head.
• I got a bump right here on my bean.
• Put your brim on your bean and cruise.

[British slang]
Noun. 1. An ecstasy pill.
2. Clitoris. Used in phrases such a 'flicking the bean'.

[Sports]
Baseball
To hit a batter with an incoming pitch

[Computer]
<programming> A component architecture for the Java programming language, developed initially by Sun, but now available from several other vendors. JavaBeans components are called "beans".

JavaBeans allows developers to create reusable software components that can then be assembled together using visual application builder tools including Sybase's PowerJ, Borland's JBuilder, IBM's Visual Age for Java, SunSoft's Java Workshop and Symantec's Visual Cafe.

JavaBeans support Introspection (a builder tool can analyze how a Bean works), Customisation (developers can customise the appearance and behaviour of a Bean), Events (Beans can communicate), Properties (developers can customise and program with Beans(?)) and Persistence (customised Beans can be stored and reused).

Examples

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1. i like the smelly bean curd there very much.
2. i haven't heard beans about the matter.
3. play hooky. i won't spill the beans.
4. mecke couldn't bring himself to spill the beans.
5. i don't know beans about the piano.