bane
To cause a disease, especially the rotTo cause (sheep) a disease, especially the rot (“a disease in which breakdown of tissue occurs”).
» Mosquitoes are the bane of my existence.
Комары - проклятие моей жизни. — marafon
Комары - проклятие моего существования. — marafon
nickyeow · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(UK, dialectal, transitive)To cause (sheep) a disease, especially the rot (“a disease in which breakdown of tissue occurs”).
(archaic, transitive)To physically injure (someone or something); to harm, to hurt.
(archaic, figuratively, transitive)To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).
ruinieren
(obsolete, transitive)To kill (a person or animal), especially by poison.
Examples
5 sentencesMosquitoes are the bane of my existence.
ruКомары - проклятие моей жизни. — marafon
Boredom is the bane of my existence.
This cat is the bane of my life.
Auto-correct is the bane of my existence.
ruАвтоисправление – мой бич. — Ooneykcall
Unconscionable Love, bane and tormentor of mankind, parent of strife, fountain of tears, source of a thousand ills.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
The noun is derived from Middle English bane (“person or thing that destroys life, murdereThe noun is derived from Middle English bane (“person or thing that destroys life, murderer, slayer; person who destroys the soul; destruction of life, death, doom; poison”), from Old English bana (“person or thing that causes death, murderer”), from Proto-West Germanic *banō, from Proto-Germanic *banô (“killer, murderer, slayer; death, bane”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to slay, kill; to strike”).
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Forms
banes, baning, baned, banedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.