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hard
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
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adjective
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
“a difficult task”
adjective
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
“worked their arduous way up the mining valley”
adjective
dried out
“hard dry rolls left over from the day before”
adjective
unfortunate or hard to bear
“had hard luck”
adjective
resisting weight or pressure
adjective
dispassionate
“took a hard look”
adjective
(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”
adjective
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
adjective
being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
“hard liquor”
adjective
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
“a hard drinker”
adjective
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
“unvoiced consonants such as ‘p’ and ‘k’ and ‘s’”
adjective
very strong or vigorous
“a hard left to the chin”
adverb
with effort or force or vigor
“the team played hard”
adverb
to the full extent possible; all the way
“hard alee”
adverb
slowly and with difficulty
“prejudices die hard”
adverb
causing great damage or hardship
“industries hit hard by the depression”
adverb
with firmness
“held hard to the railing”
adverb
earnestly or intently
“thought hard about it”
adverb
with pain or distress or bitterness
“he took the rejection very hard”
adverb
very near or close in space or time
“it stands hard by the railroad tracks”
adverb
into a solid condition
“concrete that sets hard within a few hours”
adverb
indulging excessively
“he drank heavily”
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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?
worked their arduous way up the mining valley
a grueling campaign
hard labor
heavy work
heavy going
hard dry rolls left over from the day before
had hard luck
a tough break
took a hard look
a hard bargainer
Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants
hard liquor
a hard drinker
unvoiced consonants such as ‘p’ and ‘k’ and ‘s’
a hard left to the chin
a knockout punch
a severe blow
the team played hard
worked hard all day
pressed hard on the lever
hit the ball hard
slammed the door hard
hard alee
the ship went hard astern
swung the wheel hard left
prejudices die hard
he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight
industries hit hard by the depression
she was severely affected by the bank's failure
held hard to the railing
thought hard about it
stared hard at the accused
he took the rejection very hard
it stands hard by the railroad tracks
they were hard on his heels
a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening
concrete that sets hard within a few hours
he drank heavily
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