jade /d͡ʒeɪd/noun 5verb 3adjective 1forms 3 noun5 •a hard green or white stone that is cut into small figures and rings •A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones. •A succulent plant, Crassula ovata. •(offensive) A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.You alwayes end with a iades tricke, I knowe you of olde. — 1598 •A horse too old to be put to work.Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, […] Shee can fetch and carry: why a horse can doe no more; nay, a horse cannot fetch, but onely carry, therefore is shee better then a Iade. — 1590 verb3 •To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something). •(no longer used) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.The nere-yet beaten Horse of Parthia, / We haue iaded out o'th' Field. — 1606 •(no longer used) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.I do not now foole my selfe, to let imagination iade mee; for euery reason excites to this, that my Lady loues me. — 1601 adjective1 •Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones. formsjaded · jading · jades
