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vaina — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bean noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
  • hickey noun A bruise-like mark left on the skin from kissing or sucking, typically on the neck.
  • hull noun The main body of a ship, boat, or aircraft.
  • pod noun A seed case of a plant, especially a legume, that splits open when ripe.
  • scabbard noun A protective sheath for a sword or similar blade.
  • shale noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.
  • shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
  • whatchamacallit noun An informal word for an object whose name you can't remember or don't know.

Senses

vaina is used for these senses in English:

  • bean The edible seedpod of such a plant.
  • boll The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
  • hickey (informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled. [from 1909]
  • hull The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
  • peapod (botany) The pod of the pea plant, that holds the seeds (the peas) until they ripen
  • pod (botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
  • scabbard The sheath of a sword.
  • shale A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

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.

hickey — full definition

  1. noun A bruise-like mark left on the skin from kissing or sucking, typically on the neck.
  2. noun An unnamed small object or gadget whose proper name has been forgotten.

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