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JADE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An old or over-worked horse
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jade" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Derivation:
jade (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress)
jade (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green
Synonyms:
jade; jade green
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("jade" is a kind of...):
green; greenness; viridity (green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass)
Derivation:
jade (of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A woman adulterer
Synonyms:
adulteress; fornicatress; hussy; jade; loose woman; slut; strumpet; trollop
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jade" is a kind of...):
adulterer; fornicator (someone who commits adultery or fornication)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
Synonyms:
jade; jadestone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jade" is a kind of...):
opaque gem (a gemstone that is opaque)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green
Synonyms:
jade; jade-green
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
jade (a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they jade ... he / she / it jades
Past simple: jaded
Past participle: jaded
-ing form: jading
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Example:
We wore ourselves out on this hike
Synonyms:
fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "jade" is one way to...):
indispose (cause to feel unwell)
Cause:
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jade"):
beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up (wear out completely)
overfatigue; overtire; overweary (tire excessively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
jade (an old or over-worked horse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
Example:
I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
Synonyms:
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "jade" is one way to...):
degenerate; deteriorate; devolve; drop (grow worse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jade"):
conk out; peter out; poop out; run down; run out (use up all one's strength and energy and stop working)
retire; withdraw (lose interest)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
jade (an old or over-worked horse)
Context examples:
The boisterous impact of it on Martin's jaded mind was a hurt.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The storiettes were ground out, jaded, at the end of a long day of application to style.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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