1. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
   "Kidney beans and chickpeas are popular edible beans";
   - edible bean
    
2. Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
   "She added kidney beans to the chilli recipe"
    
3. Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
   "We planted several rows of bean plants in our vegetable garden";
   - bean plant
    
4. [informal] The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
   "he stuck his bean out the window";
   - head, caput [technical], bonce [Brit, informal], noodle [informal], noggin [informal], dome [informal], nob [informal], napper [Brit, informal], skull [informal], nut [informal], melon [informal]

1. Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
   "The batter was beaned by the wild pitch"

Sounds like: been

Derived forms: beaning, beaned, beans

Type of: external body part, hit, human head, legume, leguminous plant, seed

Part of: animal, animate being, body, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, organic structure, pea family

Encyclopedia: Bean, Josh