sage

US: /ˈseɪdʒ/
UK: /sˈe‍ɪd‍ʒ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


sage /seidʤ/
  • danh từ
    • (thực vật học) cây xô thơm (lá dùng để ướp thơm thức ăn)
    • (như) sage-brush
    • hiền nhân; nhà hiền triết
      • the seven sages: thất hiền
  • tính từ
    • khôn ngoan, già giặn, chính chắn
    • (mỉa mai) nghiêm trang

Advanced English dictionary


noun, adjective
+ noun
1 [U] a plant with flat, light green leaves that have a strong smell and are used in cooking as a herb: duck with sage and onion stuffing
2 [C] (formal) a very wise person: ancient Indian sages + political / economic sages
+ adjective (literary) wise, especially because you have a lot of experience: sage comments / remarks
sagely adverb: She nodded sagely.

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
1 wise, sagacious, prudent, sensible, perspicacious, profound, intelligent, discerning, reasonable, logical, judicious, common-sense, commonsensical:
The old woman gave her some sage advice about men, which she promptly forgot.
n.
2 wise man, savant, expert, elder, doyen or doyenne, guru, Nestor, pundit, Solomon, philosopher, oracle, authority:
The sage whose counsel you seek lives deep in the forest.

Concise English dictionary


sages|sager|sagestseɪdʒ
noun
+a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
+aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
+any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb
adj.
+having wisdom that comes with age and experience
+of the grey-green color of sage leaves