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Definition of 'HARD'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) hard
not soft; solid and firm to the touch.

2.  hard
firmly formed; tight:
a hard knot.

3.  hard
difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome:
a hard task.

4.  hard
difficult or troublesome with respect to an action, situation, person, etc.:
hard to please.

5.  hard
difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand:
a hard problem.

6.  hard
involving a great deal of effort, energy, or persistence:
hard labor.

7.  hard
performing or carrying on work with great effort, energy, or persistence:
a hard worker.

8.  hard
vigorous or violent in force; severe:
a hard fall.

9.  hard
bad; unendurable; unbearable:
hard luck.

10.  hard
oppressive; harsh; rough:
hard treatment.

11.  hard
austere; severe:
a hard winter.

12.  hard
harsh or severe in dealing with others:
a hard master.

13.  hard
difficult to explain away; undeniable:
hard facts.

14.  hard
factual, as distinguished from speculation or hearsay:
hard information.

15.  hard
harsh or unfriendly; resentful; bitter:
hard feelings.

16.  hard
of stern judgment or close examination; searching:
We took a hard look at our finances.

17.  hard
lacking delicacy or softness; clear and distinct; sharp; harsh:
a hard line; hard features.

18.  hard
severe or rigorous in terms:
a hard bargain.

19.  hard
sternly realistic; dispassionate; unsentimental:
a hard view of life.

20.  hard
incorrigible; disreputable; tough:
a hard character.

21.  hard
(of the penis) erect.

22.  hard
(of water) containing mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.

23.  hard
in coins or paper money as distinguished from checks, promissory notes, or the like:
hard cash.

24.  hard
(of paper money) backed by gold reserves and readily convertible into foreign currency.

25.  hard
(of assets) having intrinsic value, as gold or diamonds.

26.  hard
(of alcoholic beverages)

27.  hard
containing more than 22.5 percent alcohol by volume, as whiskey and brandy as opposed to beer and wine.

28.  hard
strong because of fermentation; intoxicating:
hard cider.

29.  hard
(of wine) tasting excessively of tannin.

30.  hard
(of an illicit narcotic or drug) known to be physically addictive, as opium, morphine, or cocaine.

31.  hard
(of a fabric) having relatively little nap; smooth.

32.  hard
(of the landing of a space vehicle) executed without decelerating.

33.  hard
(of a missile) capable of being launched from an underground silo.

34.  hard
(of a military installation) heavily reinforced.

35.  hard
(of wheat) having a high gluten content.

36.  hard
(of c and g) pronounced as (k) in come and (g) in
go.

37.  hard
(of consonants) fortis.

38.  hard
(of consonants in Slavic languages) not palatalized.

39. (adv.) hard
with great exertion; with vigor or violence; strenuously:
to work hard.

40.  hard
earnestly, intently, or critically:
to look hard at a decision.

41.  hard
harshly or severely.

42.  hard
so as to be solid, tight, or firm:
frozen hard.

43.  hard
with strong force or impact:
to be hit hard.

44.  hard
in a deeply affected manner; with genuine sorrow or remorse:
He took the news very hard.

45.  hard
closely; immediately:
Defeat seemed hard at hand.

46.  hard
to an unreasonable or extreme degree; excessively; immoderately.

47.  hard
Naut. closely, fully, or to the extreme limit:
hard aport.

48.  hard
be hard on, to deal harshly or strictly with.

49.  hard
hard by, in close proximity to; near.

50.  hard
hard put, in great perplexity or difficulty; at a loss:
We are hard put to pay the rent now.

51.  hard
Informal.

52.  hard
urgently in need of money.

53.  hard
feeling a lack or need.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE heard, c. OS hard, OHG hart, ON harthr, Go hardus; akin to Gk kratýs strong, Ionic dial. kártos strength (cf. -cracy ))

Definition of 'HARD'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) difficult, hard
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
"a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

2. (adj) hard
dispassionate
"took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

3. (adj) hard
resisting weight or pressure

4. (adj) hard, knockout, severe
very strong or vigorous
"strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"

5. (adj) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
"worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

6. (adj) unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
"unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

7. (adj) hard, concentrated
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

8. (adj) hard
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
"Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"

9. (adj) intemperate, hard, heavy
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
"a hard drinker"

10. (adj) hard, strong
being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
"hard liquor"

11. (adj) hard, tough
unfortunate or hard to bear
"had hard luck"; "a tough break"

12. (adverb) hard
dried out
"hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

13. (adverb) hard
with effort or force or vigor
"the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard"

14. (adverb) hard, firmly
with firmness
"held hard to the railing"

15. (adverb) hard
earnestly or intently
"thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"

16. (adverb) hard, severely
causing great damage or hardship
"industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"

17. (adverb) hard
slowly and with difficulty
"prejudices die hard"

18. (adverb) heavily, intemperately, hard
indulging excessively
"he drank heavily"

19. (adverb) hard
into a solid condition
"concrete that sets hard within a few hours"

20. (adverb) hard
very near or close in space or time
"it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"

21. (adverb) hard
with pain or distress or bitterness
"he took the rejection very hard"

22. (adverb) hard
to the full extent possible; all the way
"hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"

Definition of 'HARD'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) hard
≠ soft
the hard stone floor; The snow was hard and slippery.

2.  hard
≠ easy
I can't do this math - it's too hard.; I find it hard to talk to about my feelings.

3.  hard
involving a lot of effort or a lot of problems
a hard life; It's hard to get a job here.; Hard work brings success.

4.  hard
≠ sensitive, soft
a hard woman with little time for her children

5.  hard
hard at work
working with a lot of effort and energy
He was hard at work in the garden.

6.  hard
hard on
strict with or expecting a lot from sb
Don't be so hard on her - she's only a kid.

7.  hard
causing problems, damage, or emotional harm
Long flights can be hard on the body.

8.  hard
hard to come by
difficult to find
Original copies of the book are very hard to come by.

9.  hard
learn/find out sth the hard way
to learn as a result of difficult experience
He won't listen, so he'll have to learn the hard way.

10.  hard
give sb a hard time
to be unkind to or critical of sb
He gives her a hard time about smoking.

11.  hard
no hard feelings
indicates you do not resent sb or sth
She has no hard feelings toward her ex-husband.

12. (adverb) hard
using a lot of effort
to work hard; She had to think hard to remember the address.

13.  hard
with force
The ball hit him really hard.; It snowed hard all day.

Definition of 'HARD'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) HARD
with pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly

2. (adverb) HARD
with difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard

3. (adverb) HARD
uneasily; vexatiously; slowly

4. (adverb) HARD
so as to raise difficulties

5. (adverb) HARD
with tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard

6. (adverb) HARD
close or near

7. (noun) HARD
a ford or passage across a river or swamp

8.  HARD
not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple

9.  HARD
difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem

10.  HARD
difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure

11.  HARD
difficult to resist or control; powerful

12.  HARD
difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms

13.  HARD
difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character

14.  HARD
not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style

15.  HARD
rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider

16.  HARD
abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc

17.  HARD
wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone

18.  HARD
rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition

19.  HARD
having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade

20. (verb) HARD
to harden; to make hard

Translation of 'HARD'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc The ground is too hard to dig.
Afrikaans: hard	Arabic: قاسٍ	Bulgarian: твърд
Brazilian: duro	Czech: tvrdý	German: hart
Danish: hård	Greek: σκληρός, στέρεος	Spanish: duro; sólido
Estonian: kõva	Farsi: سفت	Finnish: kova
French: dur	Hebrew: קָשֶׁה	Hindi: कठोर
Croatian: tvr	Hungarian: kemény	Indonesian: keras
Icelandic: harður	Italian: duro	Japanese: 堅い
Korean: 단단한	Lithuanian: kietas	Latvian: ciets
Malay: keras	Dutch: hard, stevig	Norwegian: hard, fast
Polish: twardy	Persian: سفت	Pashto: کلک
Portuguese: duro	Romanian: tare	Russian: твёрдый
Slovak: tvrdý	Slovenian: trd	Serbian: trvd
Swedish: hård	Thai: แข็ง	Turkish: sert, katı
Taiwanese: 堅硬的	Ukrainian: твердий	Urdu: سخت
Vietnamese: cứng rắn	Chinese: 硬的
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