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jade
/dʒeɪd/
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What does jade mean?
noun
- A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
- A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
- A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
More meanings (8)
adjective
- Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
noun
- A horse too old to be put to work.
- (derogatory) A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
verb
- To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
- (obsolete) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
- (obsolete) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
proper noun
- A female given name from English.
- A surname
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IPA pronunciation
/dʒeɪd/
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Desert sand around the tower had been fused by the intense heat of the blast into a jade colored glass.
For instance, there was been found scattered over Europe axes made of varieties of stone known as nephrite and jade.
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And we saw little jade gods, to hang around the neck—not everybody's, but sacred to the necks of natives of rank.
The Titan, in his death agony, struck his head against the solar vault and shivered the blue dome of jade into fragments.
Six horses, in the finest weather, scarcely sufficed to move a load that any jade could easily have taken over a good road.