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Paste made from adzuki beans
bean paste (traditional Chinese: 豆沙/紅豆沙; simplified Chinese: 豆沙/红豆沙; Japanese: あんこ or 小豆餡; Korean: 팥소) or red bean jam, also called adzuki bean paste
Red_bean_paste
Fermented foods made from ground soybeans
Fermented bean paste is a category of fermented foods typically made from ground soybeans, which are indigenous to the cuisines of East, South and Southeast
Fermented_bean_paste
Topics referred to by the same term
Bean paste can refer to: Fermented bean paste, a savory or spicy fermented paste made typically of salted soybeans, used in many Asian cultures Sweet bean
Bean_paste
Type of sweet bean paste
Black bean paste, commonly called in Mandarin as 豆沙 (pinyin: dòushā) or 黑豆沙 (pinyin: hēidòushā), and in Hokkien as 豆沙 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu-sa / tāu-se) or
Black_bean_paste
Bean paste used in Asian cuisines
RfD› Sweet bean paste is a food ingredient used throughout East Asian cuisine, primarily as a filling for sweet desserts and pastries. The beans are usually
Sweet_bean_paste
Species of plant
beans seldom appear in savory dishes. In Hong Kong, hulled mung beans and mung bean paste are made into ice cream or frozen ice pops. Mung bean paste
Mung_bean
Novel by Japanese author Durian Sukegawa
Sweet Bean Paste (Japanese: あん, Hepburn: An) is a 2013 novel by Japanese author Durian Sukegawa (pen name for Tetsuya Akikawa). It tells the story of an
Sweet_Bean_Paste_(novel)
2015 film
when he tries Tokue's anko (red bean paste); its taste and texture are far superior to that of the factory-made bean paste Sentaro has been using. Sentaro
Sweet_Bean
East Asian crop
angularis, also known as the adzuki bean (Japanese: 小豆, Hepburn: azuki), azuki bean, aduki bean, red bean, or red mung bean, is an annual vine widely cultivated
Adzuki_bean
Sweet savory sauce in China and Korea
tiánjiàng), also known as sweet bean sauce, sweet flour sauce or sweet wheat paste, is a thick, smooth, dark brown or black paste with either a mild, savory
Tianmian_sauce
Fermented and salted black soybeans
products are ogiri and iru. A condiment called black bean paste, black bean sauce (豆豉醬), black bean garlic sauce (蒜蓉豆豉酱), or tochidjan (豆豉醬), prepared from
Douchi
Chinese spicy bean paste
toban-djan, broad bean chili sauce, or fermented chili bean paste, is a hot and savory Chinese bean paste made from fermented broad beans (fava beans), chili peppers
Doubanjiang
Japanese confection
manjū has a skin made of flour, and is filled with anko (sweet azuki bean paste). Some varieties use kudzu starch or buckwheat flour for the skin. Other
Manjū
Japanese confection
pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet azuki bean paste. The original dorayaki consisted of only one layer. Its current shape
Dorayaki
Japanese rice cake
full-fledged spring. Sakuramochi is a pink-colored mochi surrounding sweet red bean paste and wrapped in an edible, salted cherry blossom leaf; this dish is usually
Mochi
Legume grown for its edible bean
tofu skin are made. Fermented soy foods include soy sauce, fermented bean paste, nattō, and tempeh. Fat-free (defatted) soybean meal is a significant
Soybean
Type of wagashi
Yōkan (羊羹) is a wagashi made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form, and eaten in slices. There are two main types: neri
Yōkan
Chinese fermented soybean paste
'yellow bean paste'), but it is commonly referred to as just huáng jiàng ("yellow paste"). Although it is made from yellow soybeans, the paste itself is
Yellow_soybean_paste
Chinese fried pastry
with a filling usually consisting of lotus paste, or alternatively, sweet black bean paste, or red bean paste. Depending on the region and cultural area
Jian_dui
Chinese baked item
rich, thick filling usually made from lotus seed paste (other typical fillings include red bean paste or mixed nuts) surrounded by a thin, 2–3 mm (approximately
Mooncake
Variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
of kidney bean stew usually served with rice is known as fasoulia. To make bean paste, kidney beans are generally prepared from dried beans and boiled
Kidney_bean
includes both brand name and generic snacks. Anko is a kind of sweet bean paste. Anko is mainly eaten during the afternoon green tea time in Japan. School
List_of_Japanese_snacks
Species of plant in the pea and bean family
commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely
Vicia_faba
Type of dipping sauce
The bean flakes are reconstituted into a bean paste using boiling water, and can be used to create an instant or quick bean dip. The use of dried bean flakes
Bean_dip
Japanese fish-shaped cake
imagawayaki, which is a thick round cake, also filled with sweet adzuki bean paste or custard. Taiyaki is made using regular pancake or waffle batter. The
Taiyaki
Japanese confection
Monaka (最中) is a Japanese sweet made of azuki bean paste sandwiched between two thin crisp wafers made from mochi. The wafers can have the shape of a square
Monaka
Semi-liquid edible substance
juice, salt and garlic. Red bean paste Ssamjang is a Korean, sesame and bean based paste used as a sauce on meat. Sweet bean paste is a typical Chinese filling
Paste_(food)
East Asian cuisines such as powdered or whole glutinous rice, sweet bean pastes, and agar. Due to the many Chinese cultures and the long history of China
List_of_Chinese_desserts
Sweet food made from deep-fried dough
(あんドーナッツ, "bean paste doughnut") is widely available at bakeries. An-doughnut are similar to the German Berliner, but contain red azuki bean paste. Mister
Doughnut
Chinese condiment
into para-casein. Fermented bean curd has been described as a firm, smooth paste resembling creamy blue cheese. Fermented bean curd is sometimes referred
Fermented_bean_curd
Sichuan cuisine dish
red suspension, based on douban (fermented broad bean and chili paste), and douchi (fermented black beans), along with minced meat, traditionally beef. Variations
Mapo_tofu
Traditional Vietnamese confectionery
cam – deep-fried glutinous rice sesame balls filled with sweetened mung bean paste; from southern Vietnam Bánh ít – small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls
Bánh
Food item made from rice
the most popular. Chongyang cake is a steamed rice flour cake, with bean or bean paste as inner layer, decorated with jujube, chestnuts, almonds, and osmanthus
Rice_cake
Cake with red bean paste filling
Red bean cake is a type of Chinese cake with a sweet red bean paste filling. There are many regional varieties, including Taiwanese versions. Cantonese-style
Red_bean_cake
plant Red bean paste – Paste made from adzuki beans Sweet bean paste – Bean paste used in Asian cuisines Tauco – Indonesian fermented bean paste Tương –
List_of_food_pastes
Traditional Japanese confectionery
a type of wagashi called nerikiri (練り切り) were made by kneading white bean paste, gyūhi, sugar, yams, and other ingredients, and formed into various colors
Wagashi
Traditional Chinese snack food
deliberation, the chef decided to make a dish using sticky rice and red bean paste. When the chef finished cooking, a young eunuch, named Lü (pronounced
Lüdagun
Doubanjiang (豆瓣酱) – a mix of fermented beans, chilis, salt, and flour used for flavor and color Soy bean Paste / Yellow bean paste (黄酱) Fish sauce (鱼露) Garlic chive
List_of_sauces
sweets are known as wagashi, and are made using ingredients such as red bean paste and mochi. Though many desserts and sweets date back to the Edo period
List of Japanese desserts and sweets
List_of_Japanese_desserts_and_sweets
doenjang (fermented bean paste), soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger, gochugaru (pepper flakes), gochujang (fermented red chili paste) and napa cabbage. Ingredients
Korean_cuisine
Japanese filled sweet bun
commonly filled with red bean paste. Anpan can also be prepared with other fillings, including white beans (shiro-an), green beans (uguisu-an), sesame (goma-an)
Anpan
such as spinach, mushrooms, sea tangle, carrots, bean sprouts, and served with gochujang (red pepper paste). Some variations include beef or egg. All of
List_of_Korean_dishes
Index of plants with the same common name
used in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisine, particularly as red bean paste Kidney bean, a light or dark red variety of Phaseolus vulgaris Vigna umbellata
Red_bean
Soy-based food used as a protein source
wine, vinegar or minced chili peppers, or in a mixture of whole rice, bean paste, and soybeans. In the case of red pickled tofu (紅豆腐乳 in Chinese, Pinyin:
Tofu
Korean fermented soybeans Doenjang – Fermented soybean paste Doubanjiang – Chinese spicy bean paste Douchi – Fermented and salted black soybeans Dougan –
List_of_soy-based_foods
Traditional Chinese food
and wrapped in bamboo leaves. Fillings can be either sweet, such as red bean paste, or savory, such as pork belly or Chinese sausage. The bamboo for wrapping
Zongzi
South Korean stuffed pastry
lit. 'carp bread') is a fish-shaped pastry stuffed with sweetened red bean paste, which originated from the Japanese taiyaki. One of South Korea's most
Bungeo-ppang
Small food portions consumed outside of the main meals of the day
(fish-shaped pastries filled with sweet bean paste or custard), and Dorayaki (pancakes filled with sweet red bean paste). Seasonal snacks reflect local agricultural
Snack
Japanese confection
with a sweet filling, most commonly anko, a sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans. Daifuku is often served with green tea. Daifuku comes in many
Daifuku
Type of rice
glutinous rice mixed with black bean paste cooked in coconut juice, wrapped in a coconut leaf. The filling can be mung bean stir-fried in coconut juice or
Glutinous_rice
Seed of Vigna angularis
bean powder (geopipat-gomul) and white adzuki bean paste (geopipat-so) made from husked black adzuki beans are used in Korean rice cakes and confections
Black_adzuki_bean
Chinese filled bun
replaced with minced beef, diced chicken, or even sweet mung bean paste and red bean paste. Pau with non-meat fillings are still called bakpau by Indonesians
Baozi
Chinese dessert ingredient
the paste is similar to that of smooth red bean paste. First, the dried seeds are stewed in water until soft prior to being mashed into a fine paste. The
Lotus_seed_paste
Chinese flatbread
like chicken, beef, and pickled vegetables, or a sweet filling like red bean paste. It is then flattened and cooked until crispy inside a cylindrical charcoal
Guokui
bean paste – Paste made from adzuki beans Red bean soup – Chinese sweet dessert soupPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Red beans
List_of_legume_dishes
2010 South Korean film
death. She smears his body with bean paste in mockery of his earlier remark about curing her bruises with bean paste. Terrified, Hae-won runs to the boat
Bedevilled_(2010_film)
South Korean steamed bread
jjinppang (steamed bread) and is typically filled with smooth, sweetened red bean paste. The hoppang was invented by Heo Chang-seong, founder of Samlip Foods
Hoppang
Japanese regional cuisine
inverse of zunda-mochi with the sticky rice on the outside and sweet bean-paste at the center, is popular in Miyagi prefecture. A related product is zunda
Zunda-mochi
Japanese cake
yōkan (sweet red bean paste). For this reason, it is sometimes called yōkan castella. Although it looks like yokan (sweet bean paste) sandwiched between
Siberia_(cake)
Vietnamese cake made from glutinous rice
first step is assembling the ingredients – glutinous rice, mung bean paste or soaked mung bean and pork belly. Next, the ingredients are layered on top of
Bánh_tét
Japanese confection sold in Kyoto
has a soft, mochi-like texture and is often eaten wrapped around red bean paste (餡, an). The unbaked yatsuhashi (Nama yatsuhashi) is cut into a square
Yatsuhashi
Japanese dessert
Itsukushima (Miyajima) in Hiroshima. It is typically filled with red bean paste. Momiji manjū is a local specialty and souvenir in Itsukushima, one of
Momiji_manjū
Japanese and Taiwanese dessert
the 16th century until the 19th century), and filled with sweet azuki bean paste, although it is becoming increasingly popular to use a wider variety of
Imagawayaki
Japanese shaved ice dessert
with condensed milk, small colorful mochi, fruits, and sweet bean paste (usually Azuki bean). Mandarin oranges, cherries, pineapples, and raisins are often
Kakigōri
Prefecture capital and Core city in Shikoku, Japan
as adding red bean paste. Now there are many kinds and makers of tarts in Matsuyama; some add yuzu paste or chestnut to the red bean paste. In addition
Matsuyama
Steamed bread bun popular in Northern China
found in various forms, including sweet versions with fillings like red bean paste. Northern Chinese mantou is denser and more substantial, while Southern
Mantou
Ice-based dessert
types of syrup. It is also common to add solid ingredients such as red bean paste, jellies, canned fruits, jams, sweetened condensed milk, and many other
Shaved_ice
Type of lotus seed bun
type of lotus seed bun, sometimes with a filling made of red bean paste or lotus paste. It is white with a red dyed tip with a crease along the side
Longevity_peach
Chinese noodle dish
that Bean Paste Noodles and Old Beijing Noodles with Fried Bean Sauce occurred at the same time. The symbolic sign "Old Beijing Noodles with Fried Bean Sauce"
Zhajiangmian
Japanese confection
sweet azuki paste (red bean paste). They are made by soaking the rice for approximately 1 hour. The rice is then cooked, and a thick azuki paste is hand-packed
Botamochi
Chinese cuisine
minced pheasant, lark tongue, and desserts made from steamed milk and bean paste. Guangzhou experienced an increase in commercial travel in the tenth century
Dim_sum
Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan
ningyōyaki are filled with koshi-an (smooth red bean paste), some contain ogura-an (coarse red bean paste), and others are sold without any filling at all
Sensō-ji
[póʊɴjèd͡ʑí]; also spelt pone yay gyi and pone ye gyi) is a fermented bean paste commonly used as a condiment or marinade in Burmese cuisine, especially
Pon_ye_gyi
asado filling Anpan – A bun that is filled, usually with red bean paste, or with white beans, sesame, or chestnut Bagel – a ring-shaped bun originating
List_of_bread_rolls
Traditional Japanese seasoning
Dòuchǐ (豆豉) Hozon (保存) Fermented bean paste List of fermented soy products Marukome (マルコメ), a Japanese miso soup paste producer Soy sauce Tauco (Chinese:
Miso
Sweet bean liquid dessert from the Dominican Republic
red bean paste, which is a dark red, sweet bean paste. It is used in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese cuisines. In Chinese cuisines, red bean paste is used
Habichuelas_con_dulce
Type of cookie from South Korea
in and outside Korea. It is a walnut-shaped baked confection with red bean paste filling, whose outer dough is made of skinned and pounded walnuts and
Hodu-gwaja
Category of savoury fried snacks from India
bhalla is a similar food. It is sold in chaat shops and kiosks; green bean paste is added with spices, which is then deep-fried to make croquettes. They
Vada_(food)
Monotypic genus of plant in the spurge family
fermented castor bean paste is the spice ogiri, used to flavor soups. The preparation involves careful detoxification of the beans. Kikayon Toxalbumin
Ricinus
Japanese ricecake
called kushi-dango (串団子). The pieces are eaten with sugar, syrup, red bean paste, and other sweeteners. Generally, dango falls under the category of wagashi
Dango
Swedish fermented Baltic Sea herring
made in the Tyrolean Alp valleys of Austria Tungrymbai - Fermented soya bean paste considered a delicacy in Meghalaya, India. They are about one-third the
Surströmming
Condiment prepared with chili peppers
made from broad bean or soybean paste, and usually contains a fair amount of chili. It is often referred to in English as "chili bean sauce". Guilin (Kweilin)
Chili_sauce_and_paste
Skewers of glazed fruit
seeds of the hawthorn are emptied and are commonly filled with sweet red bean paste before being skewered and dipped. In modern times, fruit choices have
Tanghulu
North Korean meat substitute dish
rice, kimchi, soy bean paste and soy bean oil. It is made by wrapping steamed rice in a light skin made from leftover soybean paste and dressed with a
Injo-gogi-bap
Ramen variety from Fukuoka, Japan
and additional ingredients can include kombu, kikurage, shōyu, chili bean paste, and sesame seeds. The traditional preparation method for tonkotsu ramen
Tonkotsu_ramen
Mexican dish of cooked mashed beans
Refried beans are also popular in many other Latin American countries. In this dish, after being boiled and then mashed into a paste, the beans are fried
Refried_beans
Form of dumpling
mugwort or barley grass. It is usually filled with sweet red or black bean paste. The exact technique for making qingtuan is quite complicated and the
Qingtuan
Korean fermented bean paste
pronounced [tøn.dʑaŋ]; lit. 'thick sauce') or soybean paste is a type of fermented bean paste made of soybean and brine used in Korean cuisine. It is
Doenjang
Traditional Chinese dessert
peanuts (mixed with sugar) Jujube paste Red bean paste (Azuki bean) Lotus seed paste Pumpkin paste Black bean paste Crushed peanuts Minced meat Mushroom
Tangyuan
Generic name for flavor-enhancing compounds based on glutamic acid and its salts
constituents of many fermented or aged foods, including soy sauce, fermented bean paste, and cheese. They can also be found in hydrolyzed proteins such as yeast
Glutamate_flavoring
Glutinous rice pastry with coconut powder and mungo cream
peanuts, red bean paste, and black sesame seed paste. Daifuku Mochi Ela Ada Freely Chan (2007-03-19). "Glutinous Rice Ball With Red Bean Paste". homepages
Lo_mai_chi
Taiwanese pastry dessert
fillings and savory fillings. Sweet: Red bean paste (紅豆泥): A traditional filling made from sweetened adzuki beans. Custard cream (卡士達醬): A filling with creamy
Wheel_pie
Topics referred to by the same term
azuki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Azuki may refer to: Adzuki bean Red bean paste Azuki Island Azuki (manga publisher) Nana Azuki, Japanese musical
Azuki_(disambiguation)
Japanese dessert
apple juice) to make the jelly. It is served in a bowl with sweet azuki bean paste or anko (the an part of anmitsu), boiled peas, often gyūhi and a variety
Anmitsu
Flatbread from Chinese cuisine
savory or sweet. Some common stuffings include red bean paste, black sesame paste, stir-fried mung beans with egg and tofu, braised beef, smoked meat, or
Shaobing
Liquid, cream, or semi-solid food served on or used in preparing other foods
sauce used by the Ancient Romans, while doubanjiang, the Chinese soy bean paste, is mentioned in Rites of Zhou 20. Sauces need a liquid component. Sauces
Sauce
Japanese light novel series
enthusiastically agree with Yamagami’s request to write about smooth bean paste sweets. They visit Mimasaka Diner, popular with other humans that are
Kusunoki's_Garden_of_Gods
Type of dim sum
small and crisp. They can be sweet or savoury, the former often with red bean paste filling, and the latter typically prepared with vegetables. They are fully
Spring_roll
Condiment made from soybeans
kind of fermented bean paste made from soybean and commonly used in Vietnamese cuisine. Originally, the term tương refers to a salty paste made from fermented
Tương
Genus of plants
mung bean (V. radiata). Each of these may be used as a whole bean, a bean paste, or as bean sprouts. The genus is named after Domenico Vigna, a seventeenth-century
Vigna
BEAN PASTE
BEAN PASTE
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Anglicized form of Welsh ap Iefan, BEVAN means "son of Evan."
Boy/Male
Scandinavian
Strong as a bear.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Seán, SEAN means "God is gracious."
Boy/Male
Scottish
Fair skinned.
Boy/Male
Australian, German, Scandinavian, Swedish
Grim Bear; Bear; Courageous; Brave Like a Bear; Form of Bernard
Male
English
 Short form of English Brandon, BRAN means "broom-covered hill," and other names beginning with Bran-. Compare with other forms of Bran.
Male
Arthurian
, (king; raven); Bran the Blessed.
Male
Welsh
 Welsh name BRAN means "crow" or "raven." In mythology, this is the name of a giant king of Britain known as Bran the Blessed, who was killed attacking Ireland. Compare with other forms of Bran.
Male
English
Originally an English pet name BEAU means "handsome," derived from the French word, beau, meaning "beautiful." Later, in the 19th century, it was used as a word meaning "admirer" or "sweetheart." Its use as a forename seems to have been due to Wren's novel Beau Geste (1924) and the character Beau Wilkes in Mitchell's Gone With the Wind (1936).Â
Female
English
Scottish form of French Jeanne, JEAN means "God is gracious." Compare with masculine Jean.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular). Occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for a someone considered of little importance.English : nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly’, ‘amiable’ (of unknown origin; there is apparently no connection with Bain or Bon).Scottish : Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Beathán, a diminutive of beatha ‘life’.Translation of German Bohne, or an altered spelling of Biehn. See also Bihn.Mistranslation of French Lefevre. As the vocabulary word fèvre ‘smith’ was replaced by forgeron, the meaning of the old word became opaque, and the surname was reinterpreted as if it were La fève, from fève ‘(fava) bean’. Lefevre is the most common name in French Canada; great numbers of them migrated to the US, where many adopted the name Bean, in the belief that it was a translation of Lefèvre. See also Lafave.
Boy/Male
Australian, German
Bear; Courageous
Boy/Male
French American
Handsome. Famous namesakes: 19th-century British dandy Beau Brummell, AKA George Bryan Brummell;...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean, Deane, or Deen from this word. In Scotland this is a habitational name from Den in Aberdeenshire or Dean in Ayrshire.English : occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official who was the head of a chapter of canons in a cathedral. The Middle English word deen is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon.Irish : variant of Deane.Italian : occupational name cognate with 2, from Venetian dean ‘dean’, a dialect form of degan, from degano (Italian decano).
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Japanese
Field of Beans
Male
French
A derivative of Anglo-Norman French Jehan, JEAN means "God is gracious." Compare with feminine Jean.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cian, KEAN means "ancient, distant."
Male
Irish
 Irish name BRAN means "raven." In mythology (from Voyage of Bran), this is the name of a mariner who went on a quest to the Other World. Compare with other forms of Bran.
Male
English
 English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Latin word decanus, DEAN means "dean; ecclesiastical supervisor."
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : nickname from been ‘leg’, probably a nickname for a cripple.Dutch : occupational name for a butcher.Dutch : from a short form of any of the various Germanic personal names beginning with the element Ber(n)- ‘bear’, as for example Bernhard.English : variant spelling of Bean.
BEAN PASTE
BEAN PASTE
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian, Greek, Hebrew
Triangular River Mouth; Mouth of a River; Fourth Letter of Greek Alphabet; A Name for a Fourth Child; Fourth Letter of the Greek Alphabet
Boy/Male
English French American
Counselor.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Husband of Gouri; Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
German Scandinavian Swedish
Famous leader.
Boy/Male
Muslim
The prophet of Islam
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Clean
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a habitational name from Kitcham in Devon, but more likely a reduced form of Kitchenham, a habitational name from a place so named in East Sussex.Edward Ketcham (d. 1655) immigrated from Cambridge, England, to Massachusetts Bay Colony in about 1629–30, and subsequently moved to Stratford, CT.
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek, Latin
Messenger
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; perhaps a habitational name from a place named as ‘the hall of the Britons’. Compare Brintnall.
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic, Scottish
Ravine; Seething Pool
BEAN PASTE
BEAN PASTE
BEAN PASTE
BEAN PASTE
BEAN PASTE
imp.
of Beat
n.
An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
v. i.
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
p. p.
of Beat
v. t.
To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
v. t.
To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.
superl.
Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
n.
A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
superl.
Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
v. i.
Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
v. t.
To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
n.
The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
a.
Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
v. t.
To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.