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  Hard \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, and also to E. -ard, as in
     coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf.
     Skr. kratu strength, k[.r] to do, make. Cf. Hardy.]
     1. 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.
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     2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended,
        decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
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              The hard causes they brought unto Moses. --Ex.
                                                    xviii. 26.
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              In which are some things hard to be understood. --2
                                                    Peter iii. 16.
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     3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious;
        fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to
        cure.
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     4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
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              The stag was too hard for the horse.  --L'Estrange.
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              A power which will be always too hard for them.
                                                    --Addison.
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     5. 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.
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              I never could drive a hard bargain.   --Burke.
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     6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding;
        obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard
        master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
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     7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid;
        ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
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              Figures harder than even the marble itself.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
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     9. (Pron.) 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.
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     10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a
         hard tone.
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     11. (Painting)
         (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures;
             formal; lacking grace of composition.
         (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the
             coloring or light and shade.
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     Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See under Cancer, Case,
        etc.
  
     Hard clam, or Hard-shelled clam (Zo["o]l.), the quahog.
        
  
     Hard coal, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous
        coal ({soft coal}).
  
     Hard and fast. (Naut.) See under Fast.
  
     Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine
        plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering.
  
     Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions.
  
     Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper
        money.
  
     Hard oyster (Zo["o]l.), the northern native oyster. [Local,
        U. S.]
  
     Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil;
        hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental
        part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of
        character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan.
  
     Hard rubber. See under Rubber.
  
     Hard solder. See under Solder.
  
     Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral
        substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness,
        3.
  
     Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak,
        ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar,
        hemlock, etc.
  
     In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing;
        having firm muscles; -- said of race horses.
  
     Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn;
          stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe;
          obdurate; rigid. See Solid, and Arduous.
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  Hard \Hard\, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]
     1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
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              And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              My father
              Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. --Shak.
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     2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
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     3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. --Shak.
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     4. So as to raise difficulties. ``The question is hard set.''
        --Sir T. Browne.
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     5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with
        force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously;
        energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence,
        rapidly; nimbly; as, to run hard.
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     6. Close or near.
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              Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts
                                                    xviii. 7.
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     Hard by, near by; close at hand; not far off. ``Hard by a
        cottage chimney smokes.'' --Milton.
  
     Hard pushed, Hard run, greatly pressed; as, he was hard
        pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.]
  
     Hard up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without
        money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]
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     Note: Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of
           command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should
           be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm
           should be put, in the direction indicated, to the
           extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard
           alee! Hard aweather! Hard up!
           Hard is also often used in composition with a
           participle; as, hard-baked; hard-earned; hard-featured;
           hard-working; hard-won.
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  Hard \Hard\ (h[aum]rd), v. t.
     To harden; to make hard. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  Hard \Hard\, n.
     A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
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     7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an
        act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over
        or through.
  
              By going over all these particulars, you may receive
              some tolerable satisfaction about this great
              subject.                              --South.
  
     8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
  
              The fruit she goes with, I pray for heartily, that
              it may find Good time, and live.      --Shak.
  
     9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence
        the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to
        depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.
  
              I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord
              your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away.
                                                    --Ex. viii.
                                                    28.
  
     10. To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to
         perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
  
               By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath
               our master sped.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the
         street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New
         York.
  
               His amorous expressions go no further than virtue
               may allow.                           --Dryden.
  
     12. To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
  
     Note: Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and
           adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the
           preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb,
           lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go
           against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go
           astray, etc.
  
     Go to, come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation,
        serious or ironical.
  
     To go a-begging, not to be in demand; to be undesired.
  
     To go about.
         (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to
             undertake. ``They went about to slay him.'' --Acts
             ix. 29.
  
                   They never go about . . . to hide or palliate
                   their vices.                     --Swift.
         (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear.
             
  
     To go abraod.
         (a) To go to a foreign country.
         (b) To go out of doors.
         (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be
             current.
  
                   Then went this saying abroad among the
                   brethren.                        --John xxi.
                                                    23.
  
     To go against.
         (a) To march against; to attack.
         (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to.
  
     To go ahead.
         (a) To go in advance.
         (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed.
  
     To go and come. See To come and go, under Come.
  
     To go aside.
         (a) To withdraw; to retire.
  
                   He . . . went aside privately into a desert
                   place.                           --Luke. ix.
                                                    10.
         (b) To go from what is right; to err. --Num. v. 29.
  
     To go back on.
         (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps).
         (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U.
             S.]
  
     To go below
         (Naut), to go below deck.
  
     To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to be a
        secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander.
        
  
     To go beyond. See under Beyond.
  
     To go by, to pass away unnoticed; to omit.
  
     To go by the board (Naut.), to fall or be carried
        overboard; as, the mast went by the board.
  
     To go down.
         (a) To descend.
         (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down.
         (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc.
         (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively.
             [Colloq.]
  
                   Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down
                   whole with him for truth.        --L' Estrange.
  
     To go far.
         (a) To go to a distance.
         (b) To have much weight or influence.
  
     To go for.
         (a) To go in quest of.
         (b) To represent; to pass for.
         (c) To favor; to advocate.
         (d) To attack; to assault. [Low]
         (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price).
  
     To go for nothing, to be parted with for no compensation or
        result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count
        for nothing.
  
     To go forth.
         (a) To depart from a place.
         (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.
  
                   The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of
                   the Lord from Jerusalem.         --Micah iv. 2.
  
     To go hard with, to trouble, pain, or endanger.
  
     To go in, to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.]
  
     To go in and out, to do the business of life; to live; to
        have free access. --John x. 9.
  
     To go in for. [Colloq.]
         (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a
             measure, etc.).
         (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor,
             preferment, etc.)
         (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.).
         (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc.
  
                   He was as ready to go in for statistics as for
                   anything else.                   --Dickens.
             
  
     To go in to or unto.
         (a) To enter the presence of. --Esther iv. 16.
         (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.]
  
     To go into.
         (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question,
             subject, etc.).
         (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.).
  
     To go large.
         (Naut) See under Large.
  
     To go off.
         (a) To go away; to depart.
  
                   The leaders . . . will not go off until they
                   hear you.                        --Shak.
         (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off.
         (c) To die. --Shak.
         (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of
             a gun, a mine, etc.
         (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of.
         (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.
  
                   The wedding went off much as such affairs do.
                                                    --Mrs.
                                                    Caskell.
  
     To go on.
         (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to
             go on reading.
         (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will
             not go on.
  
     To go all fours, to correspond exactly, point for point.
  
              It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     To go out.
         (a) To issue forth from a place.
         (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition.
  
                   There are other men fitter to go out than I.
                                                    --Shak.
  
                   What went ye out for to see ?    --Matt. xi. 7,
                                                    8, 9.
         (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as
             news, fame etc.
         (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as,
             the light has gone out.
  
                   Life itself goes out at thy displeasure.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     To go over.
         (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to
             change sides.
  
                   I must not go over Jordan.       --Deut. iv.
                                                    22.
  
                   Let me go over, and see the good land that is
                   beyond Jordan.                   --Deut. iii.
                                                    25.
  
                   Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the
                   Ammonites.                       --Jer. xli.
                                                    10.
         (b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go
             over one's accounts.
  
                   If we go over the laws of Christianity, we
                   shall find that . . . they enjoin the same
                   thing.                           --Tillotson.
         (c) To transcend; to surpass.
         (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the
             session.
         (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance
             or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into
             orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into
             dextrose and levulose.
  
     To go through.
         (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work.
         (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a
             surgical operation or a tedious illness.
         (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune.
         (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang]
         (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.]
  
     To go through with, to perform, as a calculation, to the
        end; to complete.
  
     To go to ground.
         (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox.
         (b) To fall in battle.
  
     To go to naught (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or
        unavailling.
  
     To go under.
         (a) To set; -- said of the sun.
         (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.).
         (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish;
             to succumb.
  
     To go up, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail.
        [Slang]
  
     To go upon, to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis.
  
     To go with.
         (a) To accompany.
         (b) To coincide or agree with.
         (c) To suit; to harmonize with.
  
     To go (
  
     well,
  
     ill, or
  
     hard)
  
     with, to affect (one) in such manner.
  
     To go without, to be, or to remain, destitute of.
  
     To go wrong.
         (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or
             stray.
         (b) To depart from virtue.
         (c) To happen unfortunately.
         (d) To miss success.
  
     To let go, to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to
        release.

  Harder;+superl.+Hardest.]+[{OE" rel="nofollow">Hard \Hard\, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [{OE.
     heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. heard, G. hart, OHG.
     harti, Icel. har?r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[*a]rd, Goth. hardus,
     Gr.? strong, ?, ?, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in
     coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf.
     Skr. kratu strength, ? to do, make. Cf. Hardy.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended,
        decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
  
              The hard causes they brought unto Moses. --Ex.
                                                    xviii. 26.
  
              In which are some things hard to be understood. --2
                                                    Peter iii. 16.
  
     3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious;
        fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to
        cure.
  
     4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
  
              The stag was too hard for the horse.  --L'Estrange.
  
              A power which will be always too hard for them.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     5. 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.
  
              I never could drive a hard bargain.   --Burke.
  
     6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding;
        obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard
        master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
  
     7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid;
        ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
  
              Figures harder than even the marble itself.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
  
     9. (Pron.) 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.
  
     10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a
         hard tone.
  
     11. (Painting)
         (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures;
             formal; lacking grace of composition.
         (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the
             coloring or light and shade.
  
     Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See under Cancer, Case,
        etc.
  
     Hard clam, or Hard-shelled clam (Zo["o]l.), the guahog.
        
  
     Hard coal, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or
        soft coal.
  
     Hard and fast. (Naut.) See under Fast.
  
     Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine
        plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering.
  
     Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions.
  
     Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper
        money.
  
     Hard oyster (Zo["o]l.), the northern native oyster. [Local,
        U. S.]
  
     Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil;
        hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental
        part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of
        character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan.
  
     Hard rubber. See under Rubber.
  
     Hard solder. See under Solder.
  
     Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral
        substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness,
        3.
  
     Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak,
        ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar,
        hemlock, etc.
  
     In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing;
        having firm muscles;-said of race horses.
  
     Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn;
          stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe;
          obdurate; rigid. See Solid, and Arduous.

  Hard \Hard\, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]
     1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
  
              And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
  
     3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. --Shak.
  
     4. So as to raise difficulties. `` The guestion is hard
        set''. --Sir T. Browne.
  
     5. 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.
  
     6. Close or near.
  
              Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts
                                                    xviii.7.
  
     Hard by, near by; close at hand; not far off. ``Hard by a
        cottage chimney smokes.'' --Milton.
  
     Hard pushed, Hard run, greatly pressed; as, he was hard
        pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.]
  
     Hard up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without
        money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]
  
     Note: Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of
           command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should
           be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm
           should be put, in the direction indicated, to the
           extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard
           alee! Hard aweather up! Hard is also often used in
           composition with a participle; as, hard-baked;
           hard-earned; hard-working; hard-won.

  Hard \Hard\, v. t.
     To harden; to make hard. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

  Hard \Hard\, n.
     A ford or passage across a river or swamp.

  hard
       adj 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"; "a difficult child";
              "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it
              so hard for you to keep a secret?" [syn: difficult]
              [ant: easy]
       2: metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a
          hard bargainer"; "a hard climb" [ant: soft]
       3: not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as
          rock" [ant: soft]
       4: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the
          chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" [syn: knockout,
           severe]
       5: characterized by toilsome 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" [syn: arduous, backbreaking,
           grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing,
           toilsome]
       6: of speech sounds [ant: soft]
       7: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a
          lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" [syn: hard(a),
          heavy]
       8: having undergone fermentation; "hard cider" [syn: fermented]
       9: having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" [syn: strong]
       10: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough
           break" [syn: tough]
       11: dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
       adv 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" [syn: firmly]
       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" [syn: severely]
       5: slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"
       6: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" [syn: heavily, intemperately]
          [ant: lightly]
       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"
       [also: hardest, harder]

  hard
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 σκληρός
     2 (μτφρ) δύσκολος

  hard
     Dutch a.
     1 #English, strong
     2 (lb nl economics of a currency) strong, not easily devalued
     3 unquestionable, uncontestable
     4 heartless, unsympathetic (of a person)
     5 #English, difficult
     6 harsh, heavy
     7 #English, rich in calcium (of water)
     8 loud (of sound)
     9 #English
     Dutch adv.
     1 (lb nl speed) fast, swiftly
     2 very
     3 loudly
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl harden  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     French a.
     (lb fr of pornography) hardcore
     French n.
     1 hardcore pornography
     2 hard rock
     Middle English a.
     (l en hard)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (l en hard)
     2 (l en hard), stern, severe
     3 hardy
     Spanish a.
     (l en hard), heavy, hardcore

  Hard
     n.
     (surname: en).

  hard
     a.
     1 (lb en of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting
  difficulty.
     2 # Resistant to pressure.
     3 # (lb en of drink or drugs) strong.
     4 # (lb en of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
     5 # (lb en of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially
  those of calcium.
     6 # (lb en physics of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability
  of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic
  coercivity (compare soft).
     7 # (lb en physics of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy
  (high frequency; short wavelength).
     8 # (lb en photography of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing
  clearly defined shadows.
     9 (lb en personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting
  difficulty.
     10 # Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand,
  experience, or deal with.
     adv.
     1 (lb en manner) With much force or effort.
     2 (lb en manner) With difficulty.
     3 (lb en obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
     4 (lb en manner) Compactly.
     5 (lb en now archaic) near, close.
     n.
     (lb en countable nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient
  for hauling vessels out of the water.

  Hard
     n.
     (surname: en).

  hard
     Dutch a.
     1 #English, strong
     2 (lb nl economics of a currency) strong, not easily devalued
     3 unquestionable, uncontestable
     4 heartless, unsympathetic (of a person)
     5 #English, difficult
     6 harsh, heavy
     7 #English, rich in calcium (of water)
     8 loud (of sound)
     9 #English
     Dutch adv.
     1 (lb nl speed) fast, swiftly
     2 very
     3 loudly
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl harden  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     French a.
     (lb fr of pornography) hardcore
     French n.
     1 hardcore pornography
     2 hard rock
     Middle English a.
     (l en hard)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (l en hard)
     2 (l en hard), stern, severe
     3 hardy
     Spanish a.
     (l en hard), heavy, hardcore

  Hard
     n.
     (surname: en).

  hard
     Dutch a.
     1 #English, strong
     2 (lb nl economics of a currency) strong, not easily devalued
     3 unquestionable, uncontestable
     4 heartless, unsympathetic (of a person)
     5 #English, difficult
     6 harsh, heavy
     7 #English, rich in calcium (of water)
     8 loud (of sound)
     9 #English
     Dutch adv.
     1 (lb nl speed) fast, swiftly
     2 very
     3 loudly
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl harden  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     French a.
     (lb fr of pornography) hardcore
     French n.
     1 hardcore pornography
     2 hard rock
     Middle English a.
     (l en hard)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (l en hard)
     2 (l en hard), stern, severe
     3 hardy
     Spanish a.
     (l en hard), heavy, hardcore

  Hard
     n.
     (surname: en).

  hard
     Englanti a.
     1 kova (''pehmeän vastakohtana'')
     2 ankara, vaikea
     3 (kuva) kyseenalaistamaton
     4 vaikutukseltaan vahva; käynyt
     5 (yhteys: vedestä) kova, mineraalipitoinen
     Englanti adv.
     1 lujaa, kovaa, voimakkaasti
     2 vaivalloisesti

  hard
     Engelska a.
     1 hård; som inte lätt missformas
     2 (tagg kemi språk=en text=om vatten) hård; som innehåller lösta
  kalciumföreningar
     3 svår; som kräver stor ansträngning för att lösa, förstå eller stå
  ut med

  hard /hˈɐrt/
  laut

  hard /hˈɐrt/
  loud

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  moeilik

  Hard /hˈɑːd/
  بشدّة

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  1. тежък, труден
  demanding a lot of effort to endure
  2. силен
  of drink: strong
  3. труден
  requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
  4. твърд 2.
  resistant to pressure
   3.
  of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds
  5. тежък, усилен
  severe

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  трудно
  with much force or effort (related to act of think)

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  náročný

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  ztuha

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  ztěžka

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  vší silou

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  usilovně

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  těžce

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  těsně

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  silně

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  prudce

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  intenzivně

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  pevně

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  namáhavě

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  drsný

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  krušný

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  namáhavý

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  perný

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  silný

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  pronikavý

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  vytrvalý

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  strnulý

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  zatvrzelý

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  nesnadný

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  krutý

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  hrubý

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  pilně

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  bezcitný

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  natvrdo

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  krutě

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  vážný

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  těžký

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  tvrdě

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  obtížný

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  pevný

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  tvrdý

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  tuhý

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  caled 

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  anstrengend, mühsam 

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  hart, schwer, heftig 
        "a hard fight"  - ein schwerer Kampf
   see: harder, hardest
  

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  hart, sehr kalkhaltig, sehr kalkhältig  [Ös.]
           Note: Wasser
     Synonym: high in calcium carbonate
  

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  hart  [cook.]
           Note: Weingeschmack
           Note: wine taste

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  schwierig, schwer 
        "start with the hard part"  - das Schwierige zuerst tun
        "do the hard part first"  - das Schwierige zuerst tun
        "That's a hard thing to do."  - Das ist eine schwierige Sache.
        "Looking at him in this picture it is hard to imagine him being a killer."  - Wenn man ihn auf diesem Bild sieht, kann man sich nur schwer vorstellen, dass er ein Mörder ist.
     Synonym: difficult
  
   see: more difficult, harder, most difficult, hardest
  

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  schwierig, verzwickt 

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  stark, kraftvoll, heftig 

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  
  σκληρός, δύσκολος, βαρέως

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  1. kova, rankka
  demanding a lot of effort to endure
  2. tiukka, vahva, väkevä
  of drink: strong
  3. kova, vaikea
  requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
  4. kova 2.
  resistant to pressure
   3.
  of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds
  5. ankara
  severe
  6. vahva
  unquestionable

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  kovaa, kovasti, tiukasti
  with much force or effort (related to act of think)

  hard /hɑːd/
  1. difficile, dur, penible

  hard /hɑːd/
  deacair

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  1. कठोर
        "आतंकवादी"hard"ह्रदय के व्यक्ति होते हैं."

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  1. मुश्किल से
        "उसने शहर छोड़ने का"hard"निर्णय लिया."

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  izdržljiv, krut, kruto, marljivo, muški, naporan, naporno, otežana, teško, težak, tvrd, tvrde, tvrdo, čvrst

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  1. fáradhatatlan
  2. gyorsan
  3. szívósan
  4. fáradságos
  5. rossz
  6. nehezen
  7. szigorú
  8. kemény
  9. keményre
  10. kôbôl kirakott gázló
  11. keményen
  12. kedvezôtlen
  13. erôs
  14. kegyetlen
  15. nehéz
  16. keserves
  17. kitartó
  18. kitartóan
  19. keservesen
  20. zord
  21. éles
  22. kényszermunka
  23. préselt dohány
  24. sólya
  25. fárasztó
  26. szilárd
  27. erôsen
  28. rideg

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  1. kaku, keras, rumit, sukar, sulit, susah
  2. keras
  resistant to pressure

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  1. duro
  2. difficile, pesante
  3. dura

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  1. 難しい, 困難
  requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
  2. 硬い
  resistant to pressure

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  熱心
  with much force or effort (related to act of think)

  hard /hɑːd/
  1. durus

  hard /hɑːrd/
  1. kietas, tvirtas
  2. sunkus (darbas, metas)
     See also: difficult
  
  3. atšiaurus (klimatas)
  4. stipriai, smarkiai

  hard /hɑːd/
  1. hard
  2. moeilijk, lastig, slim, zwaar
  3. onzacht, stug
  4. inspannend

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  hard
  resistant to pressure

  hard /hɑːd/
  1. afanoso, difícil, dificultoso
  2. duro

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  greu

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  redicho, trillado

  hard /hɑːd/
  1. dificil
  2. duro

  hard //hɑɹd// //hɑːd// 
  1. stark
  of drink: strong
  2. svår, besvärlig
  requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
  3. hård
  resistant to pressure
  4. sträng
  severe
  5. obestridlig
  unquestionable

  hard /hˈɑːd/ 
  
  gumu

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  1. katı, sert, pek
  2. güç, müşkül, zor, çetin
  3. zalim, merhametsiz, kalpsiz, şefkatsiz
  4. şiddetli, kötü, acı
  5. anlaşılmaz
  6. ağır
  7. çalışkan, faal
  8. inatçı, ters
  9. çirkin
  10. acı (su)
  11. (gram.) kalın sesli (harf)
  12. cimri, pinti, hasis
  13. eksi, ekşimiş, alkol derecesi yüksek, sert (içki) hard and fast rule değişmez kanun, istisna kabul etmez kaide. hard cash, hard money madeni para
  14. nakit para. hard cider alkolleşmiş elma suyu. hard coal (min.) antrasit. hard court te niste beton kort. hard drug morfin gibi bedende alışkanlık yaratan uyuşturucu madde. hard facts ABD, (k.dili.) kesin deliller . hard hat (ing.) me!on şapka
  15. kask, miğfer. hard hit büyük zarara uğramış. hard labor ağır iş cezası. hard luck talihsizlik, şanssızlık. hard maple isfendan ağacı, akçaağaç gibi şeker veren bir cins ağaç, (bot.) Acer saccharum. hard of hearing ağır işiten. hard row to hoe çetin iş. hard rubber ebonit. hard sauce (ahçı.) şeker ve tere yağı ile yapılan tatlı sos. hard sell ABD, (k.dili.) ısrarla satış usulü. hard times güç zamanlar, sıkıntılı günler. hard up eli dar, muhtaç. hard water kireçli su. a hard bargain çekişe, çekişe pazarlık. hardly  güçlükle, güçbela
  16. ancak, hemen hemen
  17. az bir ihtimalle. hardness  güçlük, zorluk
  18. sertlik
  19. terslik, aksilik.

  hard /hˈɑːd/
  1. zorla, kuvvetle, hızla
  2. sertlikle, güçlükle, müşkülâtla
  3. sıkıca
  4. katı, sert
  5. çok, aşırı
  6. yakın, yanı başında
  7. (den.) alabanda
  8. son hadde kadar. hard by pek yakın, yakında. be hard put to it zor durumda olmak, darlıkta olmak. die hard şiddetle karşı koymak, kolay teslim olmamak. go hard with için zor olmak, için acı olmak .

  hard /hɑrt/
  1. laut
  2. hart
  3. flugs, geschwind, schnell
  4. streng

  hard /hɑrt/
  1. loud
  2. bleak
  3. hard
  4. fast, quickly, swiftly
  5. severe, strict

  hard /hɑrt/
  1. haut, fort, sonore
  2. dur
  3. rapidement, vite
  4. impitoyable
  5. austère, sévère

  hard
  hard

  
/ˈhɑɹd/

  
/ʼaʁd/

  
/hɑːɾ/

  686 Moby Thesaurus words for "hard":
     Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb,
     acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine,
     addictive, adverse, afflictive, agonizing, agonizingly, alcoholic,
     all but, almost, along toward, alveolar, amaroidal, anesthetic,
     angry, antagonistic, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental,
     approximately, ardent, ardently, arduous, arduously, around,
     articulated, assiduous, assiduously, assimilated, astringent,
     at close quarters, at hand, atrocious, austere, avid, back,
     backbreaking, bad, badly, baffling, bankrupt, bare, barytone,
     bec et ongles, beefy, beyond one, bilabial, biting, bitter,
     bitter as gall, bleak, bloodless, blunt, bony, bothersome,
     bouncing, bowelless, brazen, broad, broke, brutal, brutish, bulky,
     burdensome, businesslike, busted, cacuminal, calamitous,
     calculating, callous, calloused, carefully, cartilaginous,
     case-hardened, cast-iron, caustic, cement, cemental, central,
     cerebral, checked, chewy, clear, close, close about, close at hand,
     close by, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, coarse,
     cohesive, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted, compact,
     compacted, complex, complicated, compressed, concentrated,
     concrete, condensed, conditioning, conflicting, congested,
     conscienceless, conscientious, conscientiously, consolidated,
     consonant, consonantal, continuant, contrary, cool, coriaceous,
     corneous, counter, counteractive, crabbed, crammed, crammed full,
     cramp, cramping, critical, crowded, cruel, dark, deep, deeply,
     definite, delicate, demanding, dense, dental, despotic,
     determinedly, detrimental, devastating, devoted, devotedly,
     dictatorial, difficile, difficult, diligent, diligently,
     disastrous, dispassionate, dissimilated, distinct, distressing,
     distressingly, dog-eat-dog, dogged, doggedly, dorsal, doughty,
     dour, down-to-earth, dull, durable, dure, dynamically, eager,
     eagerly, earnestly, effortful, effortfully, enduring, energetic,
     energetically, enigmatic, exacting, excruciating, exhausting,
     factual, fast by, fatiguing, fervent, fibrous, firm, flat,
     flinthearted, flintlike, flinty, forceful, forcefully, forcible,
     forcibly, forcy, formidable, front, full-blooded, full-strength,
     fundamentalist, garbled, genuine, glide, glossal, glottal, gluey,
     gnawing, granitelike, granitic, grave, grievous, grim, grinding,
     griping, gristly, gutsy, guttural, gutty, habit-forming,
     habituating, hairy, hale, hammer and tongs, hard as nails, hard by,
     hard of heart, hard to understand, hard up, hard-bitten,
     hard-boiled, hard-core, hard-earned, hard-fought, hard-nosed,
     hard-set, hardened, hardheaded, hardhearted, hardworking, hardy,
     harmful, harrowing, harsh, harshly, heart and soul, heartily,
     heartless, hearty, heavy, hefty, hereabout, hereabouts, hidebound,
     high, horny, hostile, hurtful, hurting, husky, ill, immovable,
     immutable, impassible, impecunious, impenetrable, impenitent,
     impermeable, impervious, implacable, impliable, impoverished,
     impregnable, in opposition, in spitting distance, in the red,
     inclement, incomprehensible, incontestable, incontrovertible,
     indefatigable, indefatigably, indigent, indisputable, indurate,
     indurated, industrious, industriously, inelastic, ineluctable,
     inescapable, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, inimical,
     inscrutable, insensate, insensitive, insolent, insoluble,
     intemperate, intense, intensely, intent, intently, intonated,
     intractable, intransigent, intricate, inured, involved, irksome,
     iron, iron-hard, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, ironlike,
     irreconcilable, jam-packed, jammed, jawbreaking, jumbled, keen,
     knotted, knotty, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, labored,
     laborious, laboriously, lapideous, lasting, lateral, lax,
     leatherlike, leathery, light, lingual, liquid, lithoid, lithoidal,
     lost to shame, low, lusty, magisterial, manfully, marble,
     marblelike, massive, matter-of-fact, mean, merciless, methodical,
     mid, mightily, mighty, miserable, monophthongal, most, much,
     muscle-bound, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, near, near at hand,
     nearabout, nearabouts, nearby, nervy, never idle, nigh, nigh about,
     no picnic, nonporous, not easy, not far, obdurate, obfuscated,
     obscure, obscured, obstinate, occlusive, onerous, only a step,
     open, operose, operosely, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppressive,
     orthodox, osseous, overtechnical, oxytone, pachydermatous, packed,
     painful, painfully, palatal, palatalized, paroxysmal, penetrating,
     penniless, perplexed, perplexing, perseveringly, persistent,
     persistently, petrified, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic,
     phonetic, phonic, physiologically addictive, piercing, pitch,
     pitched, pitiless, plain, poignant, poor, positive, posttonic,
     potent, poverty-stricken, powerful, practical, practically,
     pragmatic, procrustean, profound, proof against,
     psychologically addictive, puissant, pungent, purist, puristic,
     puritan, puritanic, puzzling, racking, real, realistic,
     red-blooded, relentless, relentlessly, remorseless, resistant,
     resistive, retroflex, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous,
     robust, robustious, rock-ribbed, rockbound, rocklike, rocky, ropy,
     rough, rounded, rugged, ruthless, savage, scabrous, scrambled,
     searching, seared, sedulous, sedulously, semivowel, serious,
     serried, set, set with thorns, severe, severely, shameless, sharp,
     shooting, sinewy, sinister, slavish, sleepless, sober, soft, solid,
     solidified, sonant, sound, sour, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic,
     spiny, spiritedly, spirituous, stabbing, stable, stalwart, stark,
     steadfastly, steady, steeled against, steellike, steely, steep,
     stern, sticky, stiff, stinging, stonelike, stony, stonyhearted,
     stopped, stout, straight, straightforward, straightlaced,
     straining, straitlaced, strapping, strenuous, strenuously,
     stressed, stressful, strict, stringent, stringy, strong,
     strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, stubborn,
     studiously, sturdy, substantial, surd, sure-enough, syllabic,
     systematic, tangled, tart, tenacious, tense, terrible,
     the hard way, thereabout, thereabouts, thick, thick-growing,
     thick-skinned, thickset, thorny, throaty, ticklish, tireless,
     tiring, toilsome, toilsomely, tonal, tonic, tooth and nail,
     tormenting, torturous, tough, tough as leather, tricky,
     troublesome, troublous, trying, twangy, tyrannical, unabject,
     unaccented, unaffected, unalterable, unavoidable, unbending,
     unblushing, unchangeable, uncompassionate, uncompassioned,
     uncompromising, uncontrite, undeniable, unemotional, unfalteringly,
     unfavorable, unfeeling, unflagging, unforgiving, unfriendly,
     ungentle, ungiving, unidealistic, unkind, unmelted, unmerciful,
     unmoved, unnatural, unpitiful, unpitying, unpleasant,
     unquestionable, unrelenting, unremitting, unremorseful,
     unrepentant, unrepenting, unresponsive, unrounded, unsentimental,
     unsleeping, unsoftened, unsolvable, unsparing, unstressed,
     unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untiring, untiringly, untouched,
     untoward, unvarnished, unwearied, unyielding, uphill, urgently,
     vehement, velar, verifiable, vigorous, vigorously, vinous,
     violently, viscid, viscose, viscous, vocalic, vocoid, voiced,
     voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wearing, wearisome, wearying,
     well-built, well-constructed, well-defined, well-founded,
     well-grounded, well-made, well-nigh, wicked, wide, winy, wiry,
     with a kick, with a will, with effort, within call, within earshot,
     within hearing, within reach, without mercy, wretched, zealous,
     zealously
  
  

  a. 难的,艰苦的,坚硬的;
  ad. 努力地,辛苦地,坚硬地;

     a.
  难的,艰苦的,坚硬的,硬的,坚固的,猛烈的,艰难的,结实的,困难的