What does hard mean?
Definitions for hard
hɑrdhard
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word hard.
Princeton's WordNet
difficult, hardadjective
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?"
hardadjective
dispassionate
"took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
hardadjective
resisting weight or pressure
hard, knockout, severeadjective
very strong or vigorous
"strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomeadjective
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"
unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hardadjective
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
"unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
hard, concentratedadjective
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
hardadjective
(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"
intemperate, hard, heavyadjective
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
"a hard drinker"
hard, strongadjective
being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
"hard liquor"
hard, toughadjective
unfortunate or hard to bear
"had hard luck"; "a tough break"
hardadverb
dried out
"hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
hardadverb
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"
hard, firmlyadverb
with firmness
"held hard to the railing"
hardadverb
earnestly or intently
"thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"
hard, severelyadverb
causing great damage or hardship
"industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
hardadverb
slowly and with difficulty
"prejudices die hard"
heavily, intemperately, hardadverb
indulging excessively
"he drank heavily"
hardadverb
into a solid condition
"concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
hardadverb
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"
hardadverb
with pain or distress or bitterness
"he took the rejection very hard"
hardadverb
to the full extent possible; all the way
"hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"
Wiktionary
hardnoun
A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water
hardadverb
With much force or effort.
hardadverb
With difficulty.
His degree was hard earned.
hardadverb
Compactly.
The lake had finally frozen hard.
hardadverb
Near, close.
hardadjective
Resistant to pressure.
hardadjective
Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
a hard problem
hardadjective
Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
a hard life
hardadjective
Of drink, strong.
hardadjective
Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.
hardadjective
Of a ferromagnetic material, having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft)
hardadjective
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.
hardadjective
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
hardadjective
Unquestionable.
hard evidence
hardadjective
Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.
hardadjective
Sexually aroused.
I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.
hardadjective
Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
hardadjective
Plosive. Unvoiced Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
There is a hard c in "clock" and a soft c in "centre".
hardadjective
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.
hardadjective
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
hardadjective
Far, extreme.
hard right, hard left
Webster Dictionary
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
Hard
difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem
Hard
difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure
Hard
difficult to resist or control; powerful
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
Hard
difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character
Hard
not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style
Hard
rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider
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
Hard
wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone
Hard
rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition
Hard
having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade
Hardadverb
with pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly
Hardadverb
with difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard
Hardadverb
uneasily; vexatiously; slowly
Hardadverb
so as to raise difficulties
Hardadverb
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
Hardadverb
close or near
Hardverb
to harden; to make hard
Hardnoun
a ford or passage across a river or swamp
Etymology: [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]
Freebase
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
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
hard
A road-path made through mud for landing at. (See ARD.)
Rap Dictionary
hardadverb
Tough. "Cause I'm too hard to lift" -- Dr. Dre (Let me ride).
hardadverb
Erected. "Ya dicks on hard" -- Easy E (Gimme Dat Nutt)
hardadverb
crack is hard form of cocaine as in coke is soft
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hard' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #642
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hard' in Written Corpus Frequency: #567
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hard' in Adverbs Frequency: #133
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hard' in Adjectives Frequency: #62
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hard in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of hard in a Sentence
It's very clear when there's external hostility towards China, the people do tend to become more nationalistic. And the( Chinese Communist) Party plays on Chinese Communist, people feel the Chinese ethnicity is under attack. They get very defensive. And it makes it very hard for more rational voices to speak out.
We trained hard, but it seemed every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.
They're a really good team. I don't think their record does them justice, they play really hard. ... They were a really tough team defensively.
Faith is of paramount importance. As a matter of fact, it takes faith to persevere all through hard times, trials and challenges. Moreover, it takes faith to believe that what the future or tomorrow holds in stock is far much greater than whatever the past or yesterday has already offered i.e. it takes faith to acknowledge and believe it is possible that the best or the greatest of good old days or yester years is probable to become the worst or the least of what is yet to come i.e. what is ahead of you. Besides, it takes faith to leap and reap God's promises, healing, health, breakthrough and even salvation of human soul. Yes! it is written in (John 11:40) "if only you would believe, you shall see or receive the glory of God". Permit me to tell you that the importance of faith is synonymous with importance of love and money. Oh! yes, love is also of paramount importance. No wonder the scripture says in (1st Corianthians 13:2) It says "whoever that doesn't love is "NOTHING" i.e. irrespective of your social status, qualification and affluence. For the fact you don't love all and sundry, you are "WORTHLESS" in God's sight. Come to think of money, the scripture says in (Ecclesiastes 10:19) it says "money answers all things and not at all some things''. Obviously that infers, as long as you are still living you can't do without money. Moreover, with regard to faith itself which is the subject matter, the scripture says in (Hebrews 10:38) it says "the just shall live by faith, but if anyone draws back my soul will have no pleasure in him" i.e. the person in question. Likewise, the scripture says in (Hebrews 11: 6) it says, "without faith it is impossible to please God". Now, all of the above indicates, it takes nothing else to please God almighty except faith. Besides, all of the above illustrations evidently signifies, faith is truly of paramount importance. So, if you've been faithless all the while. Hence forth, reawaken your senses and then become and remain faithful no matter what happens. I mean, admit the importance of faith, imbibe it (faith) as your attitude, profess it convincingly and undoubtedly too. As well, live with/by it on daily basis. For, that's just expected of you. ~Emeasoba George.
Given the scale, it is hard to believe this is a real hydrogen bomb, they could have tested some middle stage kind (of device) between an A-bomb and H-bomb, but unless they come up with any clear evidence, it is difficult to trust their claim.
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Translations for hard
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- صعب, صلبArabic
- ҡыйын, ҡаты, ауырBashkir
- цвёрдыBelarusian
- твърдBulgarian
- complicat, dura, difícil, durCatalan, Valencian
- tvrdý, těžký, obtížnýCzech
- caled, anoddWelsh
- vanskeligDanish
- schwierig, stark, hart, herausfordernd, fix, fest, schwerGerman
- δύσκολοςGreek
- severa, forta, nerefutebla, malfacila, malmolaEsperanto
- duro, difícil, fuerteSpanish
- سخت, پایدار, سفت, مقاوم, قوی, صلب, مشکل, دشوار, صعبPersian
- ankara, kova, vahva, rankka, vaikeaFinnish
- torførur, strævin, ringurFaroese
- dur, dure, difficile, irréfutable, fortFrench
- cruaIrish
- duilich, garg, cruaidh, doirbh, borbScottish Gaelic
- सख़्त, कड़ा, कठिन, कठोरHindi
- difisilHaitian Creole
- nehéz, keményHungarian
- ծանր, կարծր, պինդ, դժվար, բարդArmenian
- forte, dur, difficile, inquestionabile, severInterlingua
- harda, desfacilaIdo
- hörð, hart, erfiður, harðurIcelandic
- cruda, duro, difficileItalian
- 困難, 硬い, 難しいJapanese
- 어렵다Korean
- قایمKurdish
- helleLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- kieta, griežtas, sunkus, rūstus, kietas, sunkiLithuanian
- ciets, stiprs, grūts, smagsLatvian
- tuapaka, tūmārōMāori
- цврст, напорен, тежок, тврд, тврда, жестокMacedonian
- iebesMaltese
- မာBurmese
- vanskeligNorwegian
- hard, moeilijk, zwaar, onweerlegbare, straf, kalkrijk, harde, sterk, onweerlegbaarDutch
- hardNorwegian
- nantłʼahNavajo, Navaho
- ciężki, mocny, twarda, twardy, surowy, niepodważalny, trudnyPolish
- ګران, سخت, کلک, زيږPashto, Pushto
- forte, difícil, duro, inquestionável, severo, bemPortuguese
- rumiQuechua
- deir, dir, dürRomansh
- greu, dur, tare, vârtos, sever, durăRomanian
- кре́пкий, тру́дный, твёрдый, тяжёлый, про́чный, тяже́лыйRussian
- duruSardinian
- тврд, tvrdSerbo-Croatian
- tvrdýSlovak
- tŕdSlovene
- fortëAlbanian
- besvärlig, hård, stark, sträng, obestridlig, svårSwedish
- ngumuSwahili
- கடினம்Tamil
- కఠిన, కఠోర, గట్టిTelugu
- แข็ง, ยากThai
- mahirapTagalog
- sertTurkish
- тве́рдийUkrainian
- کٹھن, سخت, کٹھور, کڑا, مشکلUrdu
- cứng, khó khăn, khó, rắn, khốn khó, khó tính, mạnhVietnamese
- deure, deur, målåjheyWalloon
- שווער, האַרבYiddish
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