been

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of be.

   “All the fries have been eaten.”

   “We're safe, but the car's been totaled.”

   “Postman been?”

   “They been here since yesterday. (dialectal, e.g. AAVE, omitting have)”

2. remote past form of be.

   “He been had that job.”

   “We been knew they was doing this.”

   “She was disloyal, Casper was disloyal, so them muthafuckas gotta go. Like you said[,] we been knew we was going to have to kill Frost, so let's do it and Light too.” Star said. “Say no more. I'ma handle Kisha myself.” Max said walking to the door.”

3. (rare)Synonym of be (infinitival sense).

   “It useta been five foot long.”

   “"Bones", says he, "I tink dey's a-goin' to been a war ober de Alabamy question[…]”

   “Yur a boald 'un to tell the missus theer to hur feeace as how ya wur 'tossicatit whan ya owt to been duing yur larful business.”

   “[…]But one time it use' to been so cold right first of the winter.”

4. (form-of, obsolete, plural, present)plural simple present of be.

   “My love is fair, my love is gay, / As fresh as been the flowers in May;”

   “Theſe Beaſtes been of higheſt Regard and Price / To pleaſure Princes and to murder vice.”

   “Where when men been, there's ſeldome eaſe,”

   “O Friar, those are faults that are not seen, / Ours open, and of worse example been.”

   “Some of green Boughs their slender Cabbins frame, / Some lodged were Tortoſa's streets about, / Of all the Hoſt the Chief of Worth and Name / Aſſembled been, a Senate grave and ſtout;”

noun

1. (UK, dialectal, form-of, plural)plural of bee