jade
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1. jade - Noun
2. jade - Adjective
3. jade - Verb
4. jade - Adjective Satellite
5. Jade - Proper noun
Meaning
A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.
A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.
A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.
A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.
To treat like a jade; to spurn.
To make ridiculous and contemptible.
To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.
To become weary; to lose spirit.
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This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.
Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it's exciting, and if you do it every day it's exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it's not good any more.
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
A jade eats as much as a good horse.
A gold branch with a jade leaf.
A speck on a jade stone won't obscure its radiance.