Keywords: beans, peas

Sign Definition

General Definition

1. The act of cutting along a long thin object, such as splitting open a stick or slicing a vegetable, or any thing or any action directly or indirectly associated with this, especially beans or peas.

As a Noun

1. The pods of a climbing plant, or the seeds that the pods contain, which are eaten as a vegetable. English = beans.
2. Small, round, green seeds which are eaten as a vegetable. English = peas.

As a Verb or Adjective

1. To prepare beans or pea pods to be cooked and eaten by cutting along the bean or splitting open the pod.