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# bane

noun (banes)

«bane» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A bane is a person or thing that causes trouble, ruin or death. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bane/#m1)
2. (old use) A bane is a deadly poison or a cause of death, as in «rat bane». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bane/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales and legends a bane is the thing that finally brings down a hero or a monster

### Examples

- The dragon's bane was a brave hero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bane/#x1)
- Noise was the bane of his life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bane/#x2)
- The cold proved the bane of the old king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bane/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bane/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bane.html) on Mova free.