jade
1. a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish;
is usually green but sometimes whitish;
consists of jadeite or nephrite (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
jadestone
• Hypernyms:
opaque gem
2. a woman adulterer
• Syn:
adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, loose woman, slut,
strumpet, trollop
• Hypernyms:
adulterer, fornicator
3. an old or over-worked horse
• Syn:
hack, nag, plug
• Hypernyms:
horse, Equus caballus
4. a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green
• Syn:
jade green
• Hypernyms:
green, greenness, viridity
1. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
• Syn:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue
• Derivationally related forms:
fatigue (for: fatigue)
• Hypernyms:
devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
• Hyponyms:
poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out,
retire, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
• Syn:
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary,
wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
• Ant:
refresh (for: tire)
• Derivationally related forms:
fatigue (for: fatigue), wear (for: wear)
• Hypernyms:
indispose
• Hyponyms:
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out,
overtire, overweary, overfatigue
• Cause:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
of something having the color of jade;
especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green
• Syn:
jade-green
• Similar to:
chromatic
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