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Bane

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA cause of misery or ruin.
"the bane of one’s existence"
2.NounChiefly in the names of poisonous plants or substances: a poison.
3.NounMisery, woe; also, doom, ruin; or physical injury, harm.
4.NounA disease of sheep in which breakdown of tissue occurs; rot.
5.NounA person or thing that causes death or destruction; a killer, a murderer, a slayer. Death; destruction; an instance of this.
6.NounA person or thing that causes death or destruction; a killer, a murderer, a slayer.
7.NounDeath; destruction; an instance of this.
8.VerbTo physically injure (someone or something); to harm, to hurt. To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).
9.VerbTo physically injure (someone or something); to harm, to hurt.
10.VerbTo cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).
11.VerbTo cause (sheep) a disease, especially the rot (“a disease in which breakdown of tissue occurs”).
12.VerbTo kill (a person or animal), especially by poison.
13.NounAlternative spelling of bone.
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