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hard definition
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Grep of noun hard apple orchard blowhard chard diehard hard-boiled egg hard-on hard-shell clam hard-shell crab hard-skinned puffball hard beech hard candy hard cash hard cider hard coal hard copy hard core hard currency hard disc hard disk hard drink hard drive hard drug hard fern hard hat hard lead hard line hard liquor hard palate hard roe hard roll hard rubber hard rush hard sauce hard sell hard solder hard steel hard tick hard time hard times hard water hard wheat hard worker hardback hardbake hardball hardboard hardcover hardenbergia hardenbergia comnptoniana hardening hardening of the arteries hardheads hardheartedness hardihood hardiness harding harding grass hardinggrass hardliner hardness hardpan hardship hardstem bulrush hardstemmed bulrush hardtack hardtop hardware hardware error hardware store hardwareman hardwood hardy ni-hard ni-hard iron orchard peach orchard pilchard pochard shard swiss chard Overview of adj hard The adj hard has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (37) difficult, hard -- (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?") 2. (20) hard -- (metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb") 3. (15) hard -- (not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock") 4. (5) hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow") 5. (4) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (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") 6. hard -- (of speech sounds) 7. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker") 8. fermented, hard -- (having undergone fermentation; "hard cider") 9. hard, strong -- (having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor") 10. hard, tough -- (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break") 11. hard -- (dried out "hard dry rolls left over from the day before") Overview of adv hard The adv hard has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (12) hard -- (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. (3) hard, firmly -- (with firmness; "held hard to the railing") 3. (1) hard -- (earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused") 4. (1) hard, severely -- (causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure") 5. (1) hard -- (slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard") 6. heavily, intemperately, hard -- (indulging excessively; "he drank heavily") 7. hard -- (into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours") 8. hard -- (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. hard -- (with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard") 10. hard -- (to the full extent possible; all the way "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left") Antonyms of adj hard 11 senses of hard Sense 1 difficult (vs. easy), hard Sense 2 hard (vs. soft) soft (vs. hard) => coddled, pampered, spoiled => compliant => diffused, softened => easy => effeminate, weak => euphonious => liquid => mellow, mellowing Sense 3 hard (vs. soft) soft (vs. hard) => brushed, fleecy, napped => cheeselike => compressible, squeezable => cushioned, cushiony, padded => demulcent, emollient, salving, softening => downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy => flabby, flaccid => brushed, fleecy, napped => yielding => mushy => overstuffed => softish, semisoft => spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike => velvet, velvety => cottony => flocculent, woolly, wooly Sense 4 hard, knockout, severe INDIRECT (VIA strong) -> weak Sense 5 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless Sense 6 hard (vs. soft) soft (vs. hard) => fricative, sibilant, spirant => palatal, palatalized, palatalised => fricative, sibilant, spirant Sense 7 hard(postnominal), heavy INDIRECT (VIA intemperate) -> temperate Sense 8 fermented, hard INDIRECT (VIA soured) -> unsoured Sense 9 hard, strong INDIRECT (VIA alcoholic) -> nonalcoholic, soft Sense 10 hard, tough INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good Sense 11 hard INDIRECT (VIA stale) -> fresh Similarity of adj hard 11 senses of hard Sense 1 difficult (vs. easy), hard => ambitious, challenging => arduous => awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable => baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical => catchy, tricky => delicate, ticklish => fractious => hard-fought => herculean, Herculean => nasty, tight => rocky, rough => rugged, tough => stubborn => tall(postnominal) => thorny => troublesome => trying => vexed => serious Also See-> demanding#1; effortful#1; hard#2 Sense 2 hard (vs. soft) => brutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind => calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd => case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled => steely => stiff, uphill Also See-> difficult#1, hard#1; insensitive#2; merciless#1, unmerciful#1; tough#1 Sense 3 hard (vs. soft) => adamantine => corneous, hornlike, horny => erect, tumid => firm, solid => granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony => hardened, set => lignified, woody => marmoreal, marmorean => ossified => petrified => petrous, stonelike => slaty, slatey => steely => unpadded => semihard Also See-> solid#1 Sense 4 hard, knockout, severe => strong (vs. weak) Sense 5 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome => effortful (vs. effortless) Sense 6 hard (vs. soft) => plosive => velar Sense 7 hard(postnominal), heavy => intemperate (vs. temperate) Sense 8 fermented, hard => soured (vs. unsoured) Sense 9 hard, strong => alcoholic (vs. nonalcoholic) Sense 10 hard, tough => bad (vs. good) Sense 11 hard => stale (vs. fresh) Attributes of adj hard 2 of 11 senses of hard Sense 1 difficult (vs. easy), hard => difficulty, difficultness Sense 3 hard (vs. soft) => hardness Familiarity of adj hard hard used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) Grep of adj hard die-hard hard hard-and-fast hard-baked hard-bitten hard-boiled hard-core hard-fought hard-hitting hard-line hard-nosed hard-of-hearing hard-pressed hard-surfaced hard-to-please hard put hard to please hard up hardback hardbacked hardbound hardcore hardcover hardened hardfisted hardheaded hardhearted hardline hardly a hardscrabble hardwood hardworking hardy semihard Overview of adj hard The adj hard has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (37) difficult, hard -- (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?") 2. (20) hard -- (metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb") 3. (15) hard -- (not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock") 4. (5) hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow") 5. (4) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (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") 6. hard -- (of speech sounds) 7. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker") 8. fermented, hard -- (having undergone fermentation; "hard cider") 9. hard, strong -- (having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor") 10. hard, tough -- (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break") 11. hard -- (dried out "hard dry rolls left over from the day before") Overview of adv hard The adv hard has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (12) hard -- (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. (3) hard, firmly -- (with firmness; "held hard to the railing") 3. (1) hard -- (earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused") 4. (1) hard, severely -- (causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure") 5. (1) hard -- (slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard") 6. heavily, intemperately, hard -- (indulging excessively; "he drank heavily") 7. hard -- (into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours") 8. hard -- (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. hard -- (with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard") 10. hard -- (to the full extent possible; all the way "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left")
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