Meaning & Definition of Hard in English

1. 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. Dispassionate

• "Took a hard look"

• "A hard bargainer"

3. Resisting weight or pressure

4. Very strong or vigorous

• "Strong winds"

• "A hard left to the chin"

• "A knockout punch"

• "A severe blow"

5. 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. Produced without vibration of the vocal cords

• "Unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

7. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

8. (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. Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

• "A hard drinker"

10. Being distilled rather than fermented

• Having a high alcoholic content

• "Hard liquor"

11. Unfortunate or hard to bear

• "Had hard luck"

• "A tough break"

12. Dried out

• "Hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

1. 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"

2. With firmness

• "Held hard to the railing"

3. Earnestly or intently

• "Thought hard about it"

• "Stared hard at the accused"

4. Causing great damage or hardship

• "Industries hit hard by the depression"

• "She was severely affected by the bank's failure"

5. Slowly and with difficulty

• "Prejudices die hard"

6. Indulging excessively

• "He drank heavily"

7. Into a solid condition

• "Concrete that sets hard within a few hours"

8. 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"

9. With pain or distress or bitterness

• "He took the rejection very hard"

10. To the full extent possible

• All the way

• "Hard alee"

• "The ship went hard astern"

• "Swung the wheel hard left"