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{
"term": "bean",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"image": "data/images/ve/vegetables_peas_beans.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a seed, or pod containing seeds, of a climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable. There are several types of bean and the plants that they grow on are also called beans.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "green beans"
},
{
"text": "runner beans"
},
{
"text": "beans *(= )* on toast"
},
{
"text": "a can/tin of beans"
},
{
"text": "She grows her own broad beans."
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broad", "butter", "chilli"],
"verb + bean": ["plant", "grow", "drain"],
"bean + noun": ["curd", "sprout"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a seed from a coffee plant, or some other plants",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "cocoa/coffee beans"
}
],
"topics": ["Farming"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["castor", "cocoa", "coffee"],
"verb + bean": ["roast", "grind"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "having a lot of energy",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "something that is not worth much",
"labels": "(North American English, old-fashioned, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have no money",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to know nothing about a subject",
"labels": "(North American English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don’t know beans about making movies."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We don't want to spill the beans yet."
},
{
"text": "She made the mistake of spilling the tea on her sister's love life."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/biːn/",
"audio": "be/bean/bean__gb_4.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/biːn/",
"audio": "be/bean/bean__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne."
}