Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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jade | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
hack | Yes | No | Yes | No |
jade (noun) | hack (noun) |
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an old or over-worked horse | a horse kept for hire |
a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green | an old or over-worked horse |
a woman adulterer | a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. |
a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite | a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money |
a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil | |
one who works hard at boring tasks | |
a mediocre and disdained writer | |
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends |
jade (adjective) | hack (adjective) |
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of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green |
jade (verb) | hack (verb) |
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lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | cough spasmodically |
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | significantly cut up a manuscript |
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works | |
kick on the shins | |
kick on the arms | |
cut away | |
cut with a hacking tool | |
be able to manage or manage successfully |