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Cain
1[keyn]
noun
(in the Bible) the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel.
a murderer.
Cain
2[keyn]
noun
James M., 1892–1977, U.S. novelist.
cain
3[keyn]
noun
rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
Cain
1/ ɪ /
noun
the first son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel (Genesis 4:1–16)
to cause a commotion
to react or protest heatedly
cain
2/ ɪ /
noun
history (in Scotland and Ireland) payment in kind, usually farm produce paid as rent
Other 51Թ Forms
- Cainism noun
- Cainitic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Cain1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Cain1
Idioms and Phrases
raise Cain,
become angry or violent.
He'll raise Cain when he finds out I lost his watch.
to behave in a boisterous manner; cause a disturbance.
The students raised Cain while the teacher was out.
Example Sentences
“This is not a story that anyone was looking for,” Will Cain said.
Cain is a book critic and the author of a memoir, “This Boy’s Faith: Notes from a Southern Baptist Upbringing.”
“The L.A. bug just bit me. I wanted to look for the world of James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler, and I did,” he says.
Cain is a book critic and the author of a memoir, “This Boy’s Faith: Notes From a Southern Baptist Upbringing.”
That is according to the film's producer, David Cain.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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