Боб — meaning in English

English meaning

• bean noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
• bob verb To move up and down repeatedly, especially near the surface of water.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

Боб is used for these senses in English:

• Bob A en given name.
• bean Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
• bean The edible seedpod of such a plant.
• bean (by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
• broad bean An edible bean that has broad seeds (Vicia faba).
• shell A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.

bean — full definition

1. noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
2. verb Informally, to hit someone with a thrown object, especially on the head.

bob — full definition

1. verb To move up and down repeatedly, especially near the surface of water.
2. noun A short haircut where the hair is cut evenly around the head, roughly to jaw or shoulder length.
3. noun British informal: a shilling, or more generally a small amount of money.

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