Definitions for hard
hɑrdhard

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. difficult, hard(adj)

   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. hard(adj)

   dispassionate

   "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

3. hard(adj)

   resisting weight or pressure

4. hard, knockout, severe(adj)

   very strong or vigorous

   "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"

5. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome(adj)

   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. unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard(adj)

   produced without vibration of the vocal cords

   "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

7. hard, concentrated(adj)

   (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

8. hard(adj)

   (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. intemperate, hard, heavy(adj)

   given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

   "a hard drinker"

10. hard, strong(adj)

    being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

    "hard liquor"

11. hard, tough(adj)

    unfortunate or hard to bear

    "had hard luck"; "a tough break"

12. hard(adverb)

    dried out

    "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

13. hard(adverb)

    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. hard, firmly(adverb)

    with firmness

    "held hard to the railing"

15. hard(adverb)

    earnestly or intently

    "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"

16. hard, severely(adverb)

    causing great damage or hardship

    "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"

17. hard(adverb)

    slowly and with difficulty

    "prejudices die hard"

18. heavily, intemperately, hard(adverb)

    indulging excessively

    "he drank heavily"

19. hard(adverb)

    into a solid condition

    "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"

20. hard(adverb)

    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. hard(adverb)

    with pain or distress or bitterness

    "he took the rejection very hard"

22. hard(adverb)

    to the full extent possible; all the way

    "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hard(Noun)

   A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water

2. hard(Adverb)

   With much force or effort.

3. hard(Adverb)

   With difficulty.

   His degree was hard earned.

4. hard(Adverb)

   Compactly.

   The lake had finally frozen hard.

5. hard(Adverb)

   Near, close.

6. hard(Adjective)

   Resistant to pressure.

7. hard(Adjective)

   Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand

   a hard problem

8. hard(Adjective)

   Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

   a hard life

9. hard(Adjective)

   Of drink, strong.

10. hard(Adjective)

    Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.

11. hard(Adjective)

    Of a ferromagnetic material, having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft)

12. hard(Adjective)

    Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Resistant to pressure. Strong. High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium. Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity. Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.

    This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

13. hard(Adjective)

    Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with. Demanding a lot of effort to endure. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

    a hard problem;  a hard question;  a hard topic

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

14. hard(Adjective)

    Unquestionable.

    hard evidence

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

15. hard(Adjective)

    Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

    At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

16. hard(Adjective)

    Sexually aroused.

    I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

17. hard(Adjective)

    Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

18. hard(Adjective)

    Plosive. Unvoiced Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized

    There is a hard c in "clock" and a soft c in "centre".

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

19. hard(Adjective)

    Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

20. hard(Adjective)

    In a physical form, not digital. Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.

    a soft or hard copy ; a digital or hard archive

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

21. hard(Adjective)

    Far, extreme.

    hard right, hard left

    Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- ("strong, powerful") . Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς ( kratús ) , Sanskrit क्रतु ( krátu ) , Avestan

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

2. Hard

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

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

3. Hard

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

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

4. Hard

   difficult to resist or control; powerful

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

5. 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

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

6. Hard

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

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

7. Hard

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

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

8. Hard

   rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

9. 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

   Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

10. Hard

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

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

11. Hard

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

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

12. Hard

    having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

13. Hard(adverb)

    with pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

14. Hard(adverb)

    with difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

15. Hard(adverb)

    uneasily; vexatiously; slowly

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

16. Hard(adverb)

    so as to raise difficulties

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

17. Hard(adverb)

    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

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

18. Hard(adverb)

    close or near

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

19. Hard(verb)

    to harden; to make hard

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

20. Hard(noun)

    a ford or passage across a river or swamp

    Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hard

   Hard is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk group Gang of Four. It was originally released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records and was the first album to not feature original member Hugo Burnham, while Dave Allen had already left before the previous album, Songs of the Free. The album was later reissued as part of a two-CD package along with the band's 1981 album Solid Gold.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hard

   härd, adj. not easily penetrated, firm, solid: difficult to understand or accomplish: violent, vehement: rigorous: close, earnest, industrious: coarse, scanty: stingy, niggardly: difficult to bear, painful: unjust: difficult to please: unfeeling: severe: stiff: constrained: intractable, resistant in some use, as water, &c.: strong, spirituous: (of silk) without having the natural gum boiled off: surd or breathed, as opposed to sonant or voiced.—n. a firm beach or foreshore: hard labour.—adv. with urgency, vigour, &c.: earnestly, forcibly: with difficulty: close, near, as in Hard by.—adv. Hard-a-lee, close to the lee-side, &c.—adj. Hard′-and-fast′, rigidly laid down and adhered to.—adv. Hard aport! a command instructing the helmsman to turn the tiller to the left or port side of the ship, thus causing the ship to swerve to the right or starboard.—ns. Hard′-bake, a sweetmeat made of boiled sugar and almonds; Hard′beam, the hornbeam.—adjs. Hard′-billed, having a hard bill or beak—of birds; Hard′-bitt′en, given to hard biting, tough in fight; Hard′-cured, cured thoroughly, as fish, by drying in the sun.—n. Hard′-drink′er, a constant drunkard.—adj. Hard′-earned, earned with toil or difficulty.—v.t. Hard′en, to make hard or harder: to make firm: to strengthen: to confirm in wickedness: to make insensible.—v.i. to become hard or harder, either lit. or fig.—adj. Hard′ened, made hard, unfeeling.—n. Hard′ener.—adj. Hard′-fav′oured, having coarse features.—n. Hard′-fav′ouredness.—adj. Hard′-feat′ured, of hard, coarse, or forbidding features.—n. Hard′-feat′uredness.—adjs. Hard′-fist′ed, having hard or strong fists or hands: close-fisted: niggardly; Hard′-fought, sorely contested; Hard′-gott′en, obtained with difficulty; Hard′-grained, having a close firm grain: uninviting.—n. Hard′-hack, the steeple-bush, an erect shrub of the rose family, with rose-coloured or white flowers.—adjs. Hard′-hand′ed, having hard hands: rough: severe; Hard′-head′ed, shrewd, intelligent; Hard′-heart′ed, having a hard or unfeeling heart: cruel.—adv. Hard′-heart′edly.—n. Hard′-heart′edness.—adj. Hard′ish, somewhat hard.—n. Hard′-lā′bour, labour imposed on certain classes of criminals during their imprisonment.—adv. Hard′ly, with difficulty: scarcely, not quite: severely, harshly.—adj. Hard′-mouthed, having a mouth hard or insensible to the bit: not easily managed.—n.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hard

   A road-path made through mud for landing at. (See ARD.)

Rap Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hard(adverb)

   Tough. "Cause I'm too hard to lift" -- Dr. Dre (Let me ride).

2. hard(adverb)

   Erected. "Ya dicks on hard" -- Easy E (Gimme Dat Nutt)

3. hard(adverb)

   crack is hard form of cocaine as in coke is soft

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1. HARD

   What does HARD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HARD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hard' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #642

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hard' in Written Corpus Frequency: #567

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hard' in Adverbs Frequency: #133

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hard' in Adjectives Frequency: #62

How to pronounce hard?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hard in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hard in a Sentence

1. Dan Price:

   I’m working as hard as I ever worked to make it work, i’m renting out my house right now to try and make ends meet myself.

2. Kang Mi-jin:

   Even if it's hard to get, people try to buy South Korean cosmetics for their fiancés as a wedding gift, since it is regarded as the best and symbol of wealth.

3. Margaret Scharle:

   Once you’ve been blocked so many times in trying to make an appointment, you might give up. So we are working as hard as we can to penetrate the most marginalized communities, to activate networks that are already existing.

4. Martin Schulz:

   No one can say whether the EU will still exist in this form in 10 years' time. If we want that then we need to fight very hard for it.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   If you work hard, and do you part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead, but the Republicans, they want to go back to letting the super wealthy call the shots. They don't stand up for equal pay for women. They don't support paid family leave. They don't even really support refinancing student debt.

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