an edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants

a tin of beans

beans on toast

a bean casserole

a leguminous plant that bears beans in pods

a very small amount or nothing at all of something (used emphatically)

there is not a single bean of substance in the report

I didn't know beans about being a step-parent

a person's head, especially when regarded as a source of common sense

this morning the old bean seems to be functioning in a slow way

hit (someone) on the head

she picked up a rock and beaned him on the forehead