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English noun: bean | |||
| 1. | bean (food) any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food | ||
| Synonyms | edible bean | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | legume | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | common bean, goa bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean | ||
| Part meronym | bean, bean plant | ||
| 2. | bean (plant) any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seed | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | algarobilla, algarroba, algarroba, algarroba bean, algarrobilla, broad bean, calabar bean, carob, carob bean, coumara nut, divi-divi, fava bean, horsebean, locust bean, locust pod, ordeal bean, soy, soya bean, soybean, tonka bean | ||
| 3. | bean (plant) any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods | ||
| Synonyms | bean plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | legume, leguminous plant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bush bean, pole bean, shell bean, shell bean plant | ||
| Part holonym | bean, edible bean | ||
| Member meronym | Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family | ||
| 4. | bean (body) informal terms for a human head | ||
| Synonyms | attic, bonce, dome, noggin, noodle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | human head | ||
English verb: bean | |||
| 1. | bean (contact) hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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