{
    "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."
}