Jade
[dʒeɪd] or [dʒed]
Definition
(noun.) a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite.
(adj.) of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green .
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Definition
(n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.
(n.) A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.
(n.) A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.
(n.) A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.
(v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
(v. t.) To make ridiculous and contemptible.
(v. t.) To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.
(v. i.) To become weary; to lose spirit.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Hack, tired horse, worthless horse.[2]. Hussy, quean, base woman, sorry wench.[3]. Young woman (in irony or slight contempt).
v. a. Tire, weary, fatigue, fag, exhaust, tire out, knock up.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fatigue, tire, weary, oppress, wear, harass, exhaust, worry
ANT:Refresh, recruit, bait, invigorate, inspirit
Editor: Myra
Definition
n. a dark-green stone used for ornamental purposes—applied both to jadeite and nephrite.
n. a mare esp. an old and sorry one: a worthless nag: a woman—in contempt or irony.—v.t. to tire: to harass:—pr.p. jad′ing; pa.p. jad′ed.—adv. Jad′edly.—n. Jad′ery the tricks of a jade.—adj. Jad′ish worn out: vicious: unchaste—applied to a woman.
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Examples
- You can Poll Parrot enough when you ain't wanted to Poll Parrot, you perwerse jade! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But I will be short with THIS jade at least! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Wot has come over you, you jade! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This was the party from which Little Dorrit went home, jaded, in the first grey mist of a rainy morning. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He thought it would be useless to pursue with jaded horses a well-mounted party with so much of a start. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Weary, jaded, and spiritless, Eliza dragged herself up to the door, with her child lying in a heavy sleep on her arm. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He had a jaded anxious look upon him, and his hand, usually steady, trembled in hers. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His horses, of course, were jaded and many of them had lost their shoes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I would undertake to sit you out yet: leave us both here till morning, and we should see which would look the most jaded by sunrise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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