What does jade mean?

Definitions for jade
dʒeɪdjade

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jade, jadestonenoun

    a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite

  2. adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollopnoun

    a woman adulterer

  3. jade green, jadenoun

    a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green

  4. hack, jade, nag, plugadjective

    an old or over-worked horse

  5. jade, jade-greenverb

    of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green

  6. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jadeverb

    lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

    "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"

  7. tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigueverb

    exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

    "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

GCIDE

  1. Jadenoun

    A color resembling that of jade; it varies from yellowish-green to bluish-green.

Wiktionary

  1. Jadenoun

    A female given name from English.

    Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —

  2. Etymology: From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s.

ChatGPT

  1. jade

    Jade is a hard, typically green stone that is often used in jewelry or art pieces primarily in East Asia. It is used for ornaments and implements and was traditionally considered a gemstone that brings good luck and prosperity. The term jade can refer to two different minerals, nephrite and jadeite.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jadenoun

    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

  2. Jadenoun

    a mean or tired horse; a worthless nag

  3. Jadenoun

    a disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man

  4. Jadenoun

    a young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt

  5. Jadeverb

    to treat like a jade; to spurn

  6. Jadeverb

    to make ridiculous and contemptible

  7. Jadeverb

    to exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass

  8. Jadeverb

    to become weary; to lose spirit

  9. Etymology: [OE. jade; cf. Prov. E. yaud, Scot. yade, yad, yaud, Icel. jalda a mare.]

Wikidata

  1. Jade

    Jade is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Comics Universe who first appeared in All-Star Squadron #25. Known affectionately as "Jennie" or "Jen", she is the daughter of Alan Scott, the Golden Age Green Lantern. Her mother is Rose Canton, the Golden Age villain known as Thorn. Jennie-Lynn has a twin brother, Todd James Rice, who is the superhero Obsidian. Along with Obsidian, Jade was a founding member of Infinity, Inc. She has worked with both the Justice League and Justice Society of America, as well as most recently being a member and eventual leader of the Outsiders. She was also a member of the resurrected Green Lantern Corps after being given a spare power ring. She has been romantically linked with Hank King and with Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. She was the first female Green Lantern from Earth and was ranked 34th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Jade

    jād, n. a mare, esp. an old and sorry one: a worthless nag: a woman—in contempt or irony.—v.t. to tire: to harass:—pr.p. jad′ing; pa.p. jad′ed.adv. Jad′edly.—n. Jad′ery, the tricks of a jade.—adj. Jad′ish, worn out: vicious: unchaste—applied to a woman. [Scot. yad, yaud; Ice. jalda, a mare.]

  2. Jade

    jād, n. a dark-green stone used for ornamental purposes—applied both to jadeite and nephrite. [Fr.,—Sp. ijada, the flank—L. ilia. It was believed to cure pain of the side.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Jade

    is the common name of about 150 ornamental stones, but belongs properly only to nephrite, a pale grey, yellowish, or white mineral found in New Zealand, Siberia, and chiefly in China, where it is highly valued.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. jade

    (Fr.). A very hard stone, of an olive color, from which the handles of swords and sabres are manufactured in Poland and Turkey.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. JADE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jade is ranked #86645 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Jade surname appeared 215 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Jade.

    54.8% or 118 total occurrences were White.
    19.5% or 42 total occurrences were Asian.
    13% or 28 total occurrences were Black.
    9.3% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jade in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of jade in a Sentence

  1. Tao Te Ching:

    Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven.

  2. Takeshi Inomata:

    It is probable that many people from surrounding areas gathered for special occasions, possibly tied to calendrical cycles, the rituals probably involved processions along the causeways and within the rectangular plaza. The people also deposited symbolic objects such as jade axes in the center of the plateau.

  3. Olivia Jade:

    It's been hard, for anybody no matter what the situation is you don't want to see Lori Loughlin go to prison but also I think it's necessary for us to move on and move forward, what happened was wrong and I think every single person in my family can look at it and be like that was messed up, that was a big mistake but I think what's so important to me is to learn from the mistake. Not to be shamed and punished and never given a second chance... I'm 21. I feel like I deserve a second chance to redeem Olivia Jade Giannulli to show I've grown.

  4. Jade Benjamin-Chung:

    We know that in the Jade Benjamin-Chung, earlier on in the epidemic, the people who were getting tested had moderate to severe symptoms, and we know that since then, we have a larger number of asymptomatic people who are affecting the total number of infections but may not be included in confirmed case counts.

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