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"
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
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 gradualchange of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the sameletters 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
Definitions of Hard 
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
