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Jade   /dʒeɪd/   Listen
Jade

noun
1.
A semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite.  Synonym: jadestone.
2.
A woman adulterer.  Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop.
3.
A light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green.  Synonym: jade green.
4.
An old or over-worked horse.  Synonyms: hack, nag, plug.
verb
(past & past part. jaded; pres. part. jading)
1.
Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.  Synonyms: fatigue, pall, tire, weary.
2.
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.  Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary.
adjective
1.
Of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green.  Synonym: jade-green.



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"Jade" Quotes from Famous Books



... carrying his despatch case, came limping along the platform in company with the grey-bearded Commander in charge of the base. The King's Messenger climbed into his carriage and the journey was resumed. Along the shores of jade-tinted lochs, through far-stretching deer forest and grouse moor, past brawling rivers of "snow-brew," and along the flanks of shale-strewn hills, the "Navy Special" bore ...
— The Long Trick • Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie
... Richard meet but Storri. The Russ was on the brink of departure. At that meeting Richard's face clouded. Dorothy was alone with Storri; her mother had been called temporarily from the room. At sight of Dorothy's flower-like hand in Storri's hairy paw, Richard's eyes turned jade. ...
— The President - A novel • Alfred Henry Lewis
... miller, "unfortunately watchmen always tell the truth, and the lady on your arm is a proof of it. Ha! young jade, do you know me? do you know who I am? Is it right for a betrothed bride to be gadding at night about the streets with other men? To-morrow your mother shall hear of this. I'll have nothing more ...
— Stories by Foreign Authors: German • Various
... to J.B.; only three pages copy, so must work hard for a day or two. I wish I could wind up my bottom handsomely—an odd but accredited phrase. The conclusion will be luminous; we must try to make it dashing. Go spin, you jade, go spin. Have a good deal to do between-hands in sorting up the newly arrived accession ...
— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott
... contemptuously at his companion. "I would think no more of riddling the old jade's hide than I would of throwing off this tumbler;" and, to suit the action to the word, he drained off ...
— Stories by English Authors: Ireland • Various


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