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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old English bana; akin to Old High German bano death.

[edit] Noun

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Singular
bane

Plural
banes

bane (plural banes)

  1. A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
  2. (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants

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Infinitive
to bane

Third person singular
banes

Simple past
baned

Past participle
baned

Present participle
baning

to bane (third-person singular simple present banes, present participle baning, simple past and past participle baned)

  1. (transitive) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
  2. (transitive) To be the bane of.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English northern dialect ban, from Old English bān

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Singular
bane

Plural
banes

bane (plural banes)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) bone

[edit] References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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[edit] Verb

form of banen


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bane

  1. white

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bane m. (definite singular banen; indefinite plural baner; definite plural banene)

  1. trajectory
  2. railway line
  3. A sports field.
  4. A racing track.
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