Dictionary Entry
bane
bane is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
- 2noun
Destruction; death.
- 3noun
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
- 4noun
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
- 5transitive verb
To be the bane of; to ruin.
- 6noun
something causing misery or death
"the bane of my life"
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