bane : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bane	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bane n something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" Synonym(s): bane, curse, scourge, nemesis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bane \Bane\ (b[amac]n), n. [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Gr. foney`s murderer, fo`nos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike. [root]31.] 1. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. [Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane, etc.] 2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane. --Milton. 3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe. --Herbert. 4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot. Syn: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bane \Bane\, v. t. To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] --Fuller.