jade
Other forms: jaded; jades; jading
Jade is a deep green gemstone that's used in jewelry and ornaments. Your most beloved possession might be an antique jade brooch that belonged to your great-grandmother.
Jade is a mineral that's mined, cut, and polished to make gems, sculptures, and other art objects. You can also use the word jade to talk about the typical green color of the stone — you might describe the color of your new car, for example, as jade green. Yet another meaning of jade is "become bored or tired," along with the more common adjective, jaded, or "lacking enthusiasm."
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a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
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synonyms:
jadestone
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type of:
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opaque gem
a gemstone that is opaque
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opaque gem
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a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green
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synonyms:
jade green
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of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green
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synonyms:
jade-green
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chromatic
being, having, or characterized by hue
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chromatic
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exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
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synonyms:
fag, fag out, fatigue, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary
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beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up
wear out completely
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overfatigue, overtire, overweary
tire excessively
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frazzle
exhaust physically or emotionally
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play
exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
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kill
tire out completely
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type of:
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indispose
cause to feel unwell
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lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
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an old or over-worked horse
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Equus caballus, horse
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
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Equus caballus, horse
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a woman adulterer
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synonyms:
adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, strumpet, trollop
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Vocabulary lists containing jade
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In this comedy, two Italian men compete for the affections of a duke's daughter.
King Henry IV worries that his son Hal, who associates with criminals, is not fit to become King of England.
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