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BANES
Noun
banes
plural of bane
Verb
banes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bane
Anagrams
• Benas, basen, beans, besan, nabes, nesba
Proper noun
Banes
plural of Bane
Anagrams
• Benas, basen, beans, besan, nabes, nesba
Proper noun
BANES
(British) Acronym of Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority in South West England.
Usage notes
Bath and North East Somerset Council use only the form B&NES.
Anagrams
• Benas, basen, beans, besan, nabes, nesba
Source: Wiktionary
BANE
Bane, n. Etym: [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike.
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.
Bane, v. t.
Definition: To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] Fuller.
BANE
Bane, n. Etym: [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike.
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.
Bane, v. t.
Definition: To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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