jade
part of speech
noun (jade, uncountable; a jade); adjective (jade — colour)
meaning for a pupil
1) Jade is a hard green stone used to make jewellery and carvings. tree →
2) Jade is also a green colour. tree →
3) (old) A jade was a worn-out horse; jaded means tired and bored. tree →
4) Jade is a girl's name. tree →
sense in the lessons
Science (rocks and minerals), history and art (Chinese jade carvings), colours, names.
examples
- Grandma wears a jade bracelet. tree →
- The museum has old Chinese jade carvings. tree →
- She painted her room jade green. tree →
- Jade is a very hard stone. tree →
- My friend Jade sits next to me. tree →
- The jade statue shone in the light. tree →
- So the Devil gave him that sorry jade. tree →
note
Uncountable as a stone. Adjective «jaded» (tired of something) comes from the old horse meaning.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «jade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.