hardy

IPA: hˈɑrdi

(usually in the plural) Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
(historical) A former town in Manchester, England, now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas.
An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa.
An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky.
An unincorporated community in Grenada County, Mississippi.
A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana.
A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
A township in Holmes County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia.
A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada.
A locality east of Peterborough, South Australia.

Examples of "hardy" in Sentences

They have something known as the hardy survivor effect.
Palin hardy put up with anything, and manufactured most of it herself anyway.
For a multiplicity of reasons, it has, in hardy memetic fashion, taken on a life of its own.
But a certain hardy minority think that the criticism is overblown and actually like using Vista.
Wheat is known as a hardy plant, and farmers often say it has "nine lives" because it can recover from harsh conditions.
It's not very cold hardy and with the below-zero temperatures that can blanket the region, cold hardy is a characteristic that local vines need.
These are "hardy" -- that is, they will remain fertile for a long time if kept in a cool, dry place; moisture will cause them to putrify, and heat to germinate.
It's interesting to speculate to what extent prominent personalities, who are by definition hardy, robust types are prone to the anguish that normally accompanies the breakup of a long marriage, with children.