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Definition of jade : 1. A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.
2. A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.
3. 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.
4. A young woman; - generally so called in irony or slight contempt.
5. To become weary; to lose spirit.
6. To exhaust by overdriving or long- continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.
7. To make ridiculous and contemptible.
8. To treat like a jade; to spurn.

Synonyms:

hype, slovenly woman, weary, hussy, break, scold, endure, jadestone, scolder, become flat, fall apart, plug, don, tire, cloy, dull, pale green, scare off, play out, assume, sap, hack writer, harass, hoopla, cab, outwear, taxicab, yellow-green, wear, scare away, male plug, fornicatress, jade-green, bear, slattern, common scold, spark plug, bust, labor, travail, literary hack, die, fire hydrant, grind, tramp, strumpet, frighten away, toil, whore, put on, loose woman, quid, chromatic, moil, fatigue, dig, wear down, sex, fireplug, exhaust, wear thin, drudge, trollop, ward-heeler, scare, wad, stopple, tire out, taxi, cud, sparking plug, slut, bore, get into, frighten off, daunt, have on, machine politician, floozy, chaw, stopper, adulteress, fag, political hack, hacker, tart, ballyhoo, pall, baggage, wear out, fag out, hack, nagger, hold out, nag, wanton, wear off, chew, run down, dash, wear upon, wench, labour

diamond, agate, gem, ruby, rose quartz, opal, bloodstone, onyx, sapphire, beryl, amethyst, garnet, star sapphire, coral, topaz, lapis lazuli, sardonyx, zircon, carbuncle, chalcedony, hyacinth, moonstone

greenery, verdancy

grassy, lime, apple green, pea green, turquoise, mossy, emerald, leaf green, verdigris, aquamarine, green, olive, verdant, chartreuse, patina, verdure, beryl green, absinthe, kelly green

Usage examples:

• This being a time of change, when our thoughts are all unfixed and we have had rumours of the New Jerusalem, the side window of a fashionable jeweller's was devoted to tiny jade pigs, minute dolls, silver acorns, and other propitiators of luck which time and experience have tested. - "Waiting for Daylight", Henry Major Tomlinson.
• You've got awfully nice friends, he added humbly, picking up a little jade elephant from her desk. - "Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ", Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes.
• They had tea, and then he showed her some of the beautiful things, for the most part ivory and jade, which were his most loved possessions. - "The Loudwater Mystery", Edgar Jepson.