jade

jade ¹  (jd)

n.

1. Either of two distinct minerals, nephrite and jadeite, that are generally pale green or white and are used mainly as gemstones or in carving.

2. A carving made of jade.

3. Jade green.

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[French (le) jade, (the) jade, alteration of (l')ejade, from Spanish (piedra de) ijada, flank (stone) (from the belief that it cured renal colic), from Vulgar Latin *lita, from Latin lia, pl. of lium, flank.]

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jade adj.

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jade ²  (jd)

v. jad·ed, jad·ing, jades

v.tr.

To wear out, as by overuse or overindulgence. See Synonyms at tire¹.

v.intr.

To become weary or spiritless.

n.

1. A broken-down or useless horse; a nag.

2. A woman regarded as disreputable or shrewish.

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[From Middle English iade, cart-horse, nag; akin to Swedish dialectal jälda, mare, possibly of Finno-Ugric origin.]

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jade

Noun

an ornamental semiprecious stone, usually green in colour

Adjective

bluish-green [obsolete Spanish piedra de ijada colic stone, because it was believed to cure colic]

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jade  (jd)

A hard gemstone that is pale green or white and consists either of the mineral jadeite (a pyroxene) or the mineral nephrite (an amphibole). It usually forms within metamorphic rocks.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jade - a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite jadestone opaque gem - a gemstone that is opaque
	2.	jade - a woman adulterer                     adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, loose woman, strumpet, trollop, slut adulterer, fornicator - someone who commits adultery or fornication
	3.	jade - a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green jade green green, viridity, greenness - green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
	4.	jade - an old or over-worked horse           nag, hack, plug Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Verb	1.	jade - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" fatigue, tire, weary, pall degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" poop out, conk out, peter out, run down, run out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" retire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
	2.	jade - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" fag out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, tire out, fatigue, outwear, tire, fag, wear indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" overfatigue, overtire, overweary - tire excessively
Adj.	1.	jade - of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green jade-green chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

jade [dʒeɪd] n (stone) → jade m

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jade [dʒeɪd] n → Jade m or f

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jade [dʒeɪd] n (stone) → giada

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jade

n / adj jade [dʒeid]

(of) a type of hard stone, usually green in colour a piece of jade; jade ornaments. groenkwarts, groengranaat حَجَر كريم صَلْب нефрит jadeit; jadeitový jade der Jade; Jade-... νεφρίτης jade nefriit یشم jade (de) jade אֶבֶן חֵן יְרוּקָה डग्गा, मरियल घोड़ा, औरत, चुड़ै़ल jantar zöld nefrit batu giok jaði giada; di giada ひすい 비취; 비취로 만든 nefritas nefrīts jed jade jade jadeit, nefryt jade (de) jad нефрит nefrit; jadeit; jadeitový žad žad, od žada jade หยก yeşim (taşı) 碧玉，翡翠 нефрит; гагат سبز نگینے کا پتھر ngọc bích 碧玉，翡翠