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/dʒˈeɪd/
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[ US /ˈdʒeɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒeɪd/ ]
NOUN
- an old or over-worked horse
- a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green
- a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
- a woman adulterer
VERB
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exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
We wore ourselves out on this hike -
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
ADJECTIVE
- of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green
How To Use jade In A Sentence
- Jade, which was recovered from the river when its reflection was seen in the moonlight, was an important commodity.
- It looked like it was made of plaques of imperial jade, not softer serpentine. JADE ISLAND
- Also, if Shilpa is subjected to more teasing from Jade's crew, she may well go postal and slash all the Celebrity Big Brother housemates' throats open with a breadknife. Big Brother Celebrity Hijack Betting Odds: Double Eviction, Emilia Out?
- Rachel hit the volleyball back over the net, and glanced up only to see Jade leaning against the post, a silver knife in her hand.
- This brushpot typifies the pictorial quality characteristic of so many later vessels, which were often worked as if the surface of the jade were a sheet of paper or a scroll to be unrolled.
- He has funded the program through his JADE Foundation, an acronym comprised of the first initials of his family: children, Jonathan and Alison, and his wife of 32 years, Ellen. Funding Art Therapy for Veterans and Trauma Victims
- It could have been the springboard to victory over the Hammers but the players looked jaded. The Sun
- She glides to the podium, perfect in every way, from the toes of her green pearlized kid shoes, to the elegant full length Thai silk ceremonial vest, to the top of her jade tiara. Over herez… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
- These include aquamarine, chrome diopside, diamond, jade, labradorite, forsterite, opal, pyrope, variscite, and many unique agates and jaspers.
- I suppose the major reason I’m feeling so jaded is that the mystery has gone out of wine for me. Rants