hard
IPA: hˈɑrd
noun
- (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- (countable, motor racing) A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
- (uncountable, drugs, slang) Crack cocaine.
- (uncountable, slang) Hard labor.
- A surname.
adjective
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut or penetrate.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (personal or social) 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.
- (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- Unquestionable, unequivocal.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (phonetics, not comparable) Fortis.
- Plosive.
- Unvoiced.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (art) 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.
- (not comparable)
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (of pornography) hardcore
adverb
- (manner) With much force or effort.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
- (manner) Compactly.
- (now archaic) Near, close.
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Examples of "hard" in Sentences
- It is hard to get a pas.
- It is hard to inspect flaws.
- It was hard to inveigle her.
- It is not very hard to recoup.
- It's hard to talk with a smoker.
- For infants, it is hard to stride.
- It is hard to chew on the crustacean.
- It is hard not to wince at the notion.
- It is hard to overestimate the significance of that.
- Grasps both hard side irrevence and hard core straightforwardness.
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