bean
part of speech
noun (bean, beans); verb (bean — informal, to hit on the head)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bean is a seed you can eat, which grows in a pod. tree →
2) A bean is the plant it grows on. tree →
3) A bean is a seed of other plants used for food or drinks, like coffee beans or cocoa beans. tree →
4) «Full of beans» means full of energy. tree →
sense in the lessons
things counted, like jelly beans, or plants in rows; in science, children grow beans in jars to see roots and shoots; phrases «jelly beans», «baked beans», «green beans», «spill the beans» (tell a secret), «full of beans»
examples
- The jar has 50 jelly beans. tree →
- She planted 4 rows of 6 bean plants. tree →
- He ate 12 beans. tree →
- Each bag holds 20 beans. tree →
- We grew a bean in a jar in science class. tree →
- Jack climbed the beanstalk. tree →
- Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. tree →
- Don't spill the beans about the party! tree →
- The puppy is full of beans. tree →
- Green beans are a healthy vegetable. tree →
- You will have to steal some beans from the fields. tree →
note
Just a thing counted. Trap: «jelly beans» are candy, still counted one by one. Guess how many beans are in a jar: estimate, then count.
In the corpora
- Peanuts are seeds that grow in pods underground like peas and beans, and some people are badly allergic to them.
- Beans, lentils, nuts, tofu and eggs give plenty of protein to people who do not eat meat.
- Chocolate starts as a bitter bean.
- Fresh cocoa beans taste bitter and smell of chocolate only after fermenting, drying and roasting.
- Nuts, beans and many spices are seeds or other plant parts that plants pack with food or guard with strong tastes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bean» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.