hard

hard: adjective

1》 solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.

    ↘(of a person) not showing any signs of weakness; tough.

2》 requiring or demonstrating a great deal of endurance or effort; difficult.

    ↘strict and demanding: a hard taskmaster.

    ↘denoting an extreme or dogmatic faction within a political party: the hard left.

3》 (of information or a subject of study) concerned with precise and verifiable facts: hard science.

4》 harsh or unpleasant to the senses.

    ↘(of a season or the weather) severe.

5》 done with a great deal of force or strength: a hard whack.

6》 strongly alcoholic; denoting a spirit rather than beer or wine.

    ↘(of a drug) potent and addictive.

7》 (of water) containing mineral salts.

8》 (of pornography) highly obscene and explicit.

9》 (of prices of shares, commodities, etc.) high and stable; firm.

10》 (of radiation) highly penetrating.

11》 (of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go).

adverb

1》 with a great deal of effort.

    ↘with a great deal of force; violently.

2》 so as to be solid or firm.

3》 to the fullest extent possible: put the wheel hard over to starboard.

noun Brit. a road leading down across a foreshore.

Phrases

be hard put (to it) find it very difficult.

go hard with dated turn out to (someone's) disadvantage.

hard and fast [usu. with negative] (of a rule or distinction) fixed and definitive.

hard at it informal busily working.

hard by close to.

hard cheese Brit. informal, dated used to express sympathy over a petty matter.

hard done by Brit. harshly or unfairly treated.

hard feelings [usu. with negative] feelings of resentment.

hard going difficult to understand or enjoy.

hard luck (or lines) Brit. informal used to express sympathy or commiserations.

hard of hearing not able to hear well.

hard on (or upon) close to; following soon after.

the hard stuff informal strong alcoholic drink.

hard up informal short of money.

play hard to get informal deliberately adopt an aloof or uninterested attitude.

put the hard word on Austral./NZ informal ask a favour of.

Derivatives

hardish adjective

hardness noun

Origin

OE hard, heard, of Gmc origin.

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Synonyms:

Firm, solid, compact, impenetrable, unyielding, rigid, Close, near / Stiff, constrained, forced, unnatural, ungraceful, rigid / Excessive, intemperate / Difficult, embarrassing, perplexing, puzzling, knotty, intricate, understood with difficulty, Laboriously, diligently, earnestly, incessantly, energetically / Laborious, arduous, toilsome, fatiguing, wearying, With difficult, not easily / Unfeeling, unkind, insensible, unsusceptible, cruel, oppressive, rigorous, exacting, severe, unyielding, inflexible, callous, obdurate, hard-hearted, unfeeling, unsympathetic, Distressfully, painfully, severely, rigorously / Grievous, distressing, calamitous, painful, disagreeable, unpleasant, Vehemently, forcibly, violently / Inclement, stormy, tempestuous, cold, severe / Harsh, rough, sour, acid / Coarse, unpalatable / Unfavorable, unprosperous, unpropitious

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Hard — (h[aum]rd), a. [Compar. {Harder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Hardest}.] [OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. har[eth]r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[*a]rd, Goth. hardus, Gr. kraty s strong, ka rtos, kra tos, strength … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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