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hard

/hɑːd/ adjective

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In Latin: dūrus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hard at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Solid and firm. Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
    This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
  2. Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
    This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
  3. Containing alcohol.
    hard cider, hard lemonade, hard seltzer, hard soda

adverb

  1. With much force or effort.
    He hit the puck hard up the ice.
  2. With difficulty.
    His degree was hard earned.
  3. So as to raise difficulties.

noun

  1. A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
  2. A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
  3. Crack cocaine.

verb

  1. To make hard, harden.

Origin

From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”).

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