These are the meanings of the letters ABNER when you unscramble them.
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Bane (n.)
That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
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Bane (n.)
Destruction; death.
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Bane (n.)
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
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Bane (n.)
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
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Bane (v. t.)
To be the bane of; to ruin.
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Bare (a.)
Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
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Bare (a.)
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
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Bare (a.)
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
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Bare (a.)
Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
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Bare (a.)
Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture.
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Bare (a.)
Threadbare; much worn.
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Bare (a.)
Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority.
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Bare (n.)
Surface; body; substance.
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Bare (n.)
That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
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Bare (a.)
To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
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Bare ()
Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.
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Bare ()
of Bear
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Barn (n.)
A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.
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Barn (v. t.)
To lay up in a barn.
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Barn (n.)
A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.
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Bean (n.)
A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
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Bean (n.)
The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
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Bear (v. t.)
To support or sustain; to hold up.
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Bear (v. t.)
To support and remove or carry; to convey.
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Bear (v. t.)
To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.
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Bear (v. t.)
To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
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Bear (v. t.)
To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.
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Bear (v. t.)
To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
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Bear (v. t.)
To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
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Bear (v. t.)
To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
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Bear (v. t.)
To gain or win.
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Bear (v. t.)
To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
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Bear (v. t.)
To render or give; to bring forward.
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Bear (v. t.)
To carry on, or maintain; to have.
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Bear (v. t.)
To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
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Bear (v. t.)
To manage, wield, or direct.
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Bear (v. t.)
To behave; to conduct.
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Bear (v. t.)
To afford; to be to; to supply with.
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Bear (v. t.)
To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
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Bear (v. i.)
To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
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Bear (v. i.)
To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
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Bear (v. i.)
To endure with patience; to be patient.
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Bear (v. i.)
To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
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Bear (v. i.)
To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
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Bear (v. i.)
To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?
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Bear (v. i.)
To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
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Bear (v. i.)
To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
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Bear (n.)
A bier.
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Bear (n.)
Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.
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Bear (n.)
An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
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Bear (n.)
One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
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Bear (n.)
Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
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Bear (n.)
A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
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Bear (n.)
A portable punching machine.
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Bear (n.)
A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
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Bear (v. t.)
To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.
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Bear (n.)
Alt. of Bere
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Brae (n.)
A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.
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Bran (n.)
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
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Bran (n.)
The European carrion crow.
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Bren (v. t. & i.)
Alt. of Brenne
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Bren (n.)
Bran.
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Earn (n.)
See Ern, n.
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Earn (v. t.)
To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).
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Earn (v. t.)
To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.
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Earn (v. t. & i.)
To grieve.
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Earn (v. i.)
To long; to yearn.
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Earn (v. i.)
To curdle, as milk.
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Near (adv.)
At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.
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Near (adv.)
Nearly; almost; well-nigh.
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Near (adv.)
Closely; intimately.
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Near (adv.)
Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh.
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Near (adv.)
Closely connected or related.
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Near (adv.)
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
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Near (adv.)
Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
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Near (adv.)
So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape.
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Near (adv.)
Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.
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Near (a)
Immediate; direct; close; short.
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Near (a)
Close-fisted; parsimonious.
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Near (prep.)
Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.
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Near (adv.)
To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
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Near (v. i.)
To draw near; to approach.