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hard definition
Overview
This page has 63 definitions of hard with English translations in 6 languages. Hard is an adjective, an adverb, noun and verb. Examples of how to use hard in a sentence are shown. Also define these 81 related words and terms: strong, alcohol, dissolve, salt, calcium, physics, ferromagnetic, coercivity, soft, photography, effort, severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal, Julian calendar, military, unquestionable, unequivocal, male, aroused, erect, bodybuilding, muscle, tight, exercise, phonetics, plosive, unvoiced, velarized, plain, palatalized, ж, art, property, barrier, rigid, distribution, digital, politics, Far, extreme, silk, gum, near, close, nautical, beach, slope, superhard, medium, crack cocaine, hard labor, zacht, economics, devalued, uncontestable, heartless, unsympathetic, difficult, heavy, loud, luid, fast, swiftly, very, loudly, first person, singular, present tense, indicative mood, harden, imperative mood, hardcore, pornography, hard rock, h-prothesis, ard, hard, stern, and hardy.
English hard definition
Etymology
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”). Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς (kratús), Sanskrit क्रतु (krátu), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎 (xratu).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: häd, IPA(key): /hɑːd/
- (General American) enPR: härd, IPA(key): /hɑɹd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Adjective
hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)
- (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
- Resistant to pressure.
- This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- hard cider, hard lemonade, hard seltzer, hard soda
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
Alcohol definition
Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). (1 of 4 alcohol definitions)
Dissolve definition
To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding. (1 of 13 dissolve definitions)
Salt definition
A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative. (1 of 11 salt definitions)
Calcium definition
The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks. (1 of 2 calcium definitions)
Physics definition
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy. (1 of 2 physics definitions)
Soft definition
Easily giving way under pressure. (1 of 25 soft definitions)
Photography definition
The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. (1 of 2 photography definitions)
- Resistant to pressure.
- (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- a hard problem; a hard question; a hard topic
- 1988, An Oracle, Edmund White
- Ray found it hard to imagine having accumulated so many mannerisms before the dawn of sex, of the sexual need to please, of the staginess sex encourages or the tightly capped wells of poisoned sexual desire the disappointed must stand guard over.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- a hard life
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character
- The senator asked the party chief to put the hard word on his potential rivals.
- 1730, Henry Fielding, Rape upon Rape, Act 4, Scene 7:
- Leave off fornicating; leave the girls to the boys, and stand to thy bottle; it is a virtue becoming our years; and don’t be too hard on a wild honest young rake.
- (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
- The stag was too hard for the horse.
- 2021 March 23, Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 24. Tuesday, March 12. [2021.] [Julian calendar]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, OCLC 1056445272:
- a power which will be always too hard for them
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- a hard site
Effort definition
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. (1 of 3 effort definitions)
Julian Calendar definition
The calendar which was used in the western world before the present-day Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4 years as leap years.
Military definition
Characteristic of members of the armed forces. (1 of 4 military definitions)
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- Unquestionable, unequivocal.
- hard evidence; a hard requirement
- 1796, The History of the Trial of Warren Hastings[1]:
- […] for, unless supported by hard facts, abusive words would recoil on him who used them, and would pass like empty air over the head of an innocent man.
- 1962, The Selling Power of a Woman[2]:
- Here are a few techniques to turn a hard "no" into an easy "yes"!
- 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
- Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years.
Unequivocal definition
Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable (1 of 2 unequivocal definitions)
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.
- (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused; erect.
- I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.
Male definition
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. (1 of 5 male definitions)
Aroused definition
simple past tense and past participle of arouse
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
Bodybuilding definition
A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition. (1 of 2 bodybuilding definitions)
Muscle definition
A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. (1 of 5 muscle definitions)
Exercise definition
Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. (1 of 5 exercise definitions)
- (phonetics, not comparable)
- Plosive.
- There is a hard c in "clock" and a soft c in "centre".
- Unvoiced
- Hard k, t, s, ch, as distinguished from soft, g, d, z, j.
- Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
Plosive definition
Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
Velarized definition
simple past tense and past participle of velarize
Palatalized definition
Alternative form of palatalised
Ж definition
Lowercase Cyrillic letter zhe.
- Plosive.
- (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
Art definition
The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. (1 of 10 art definitions)
Distribution definition
An act of distributing or state of being distributed. (1 of 17 distribution definitions)
- (not comparable)
- In a physical form, not digital.
- a soft or hard copy ; a digital or hard archive
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- a hard reboot or reset
Digital definition
Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger. (1 of 3 digital definitions)
- In a physical form, not digital.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- hard right, hard left
Politics definition
A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement. (1 of 5 politics definitions)
Far definition
fern
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
Synonyms
- (resistant to pressure): resistant, solid, stony, see also Thesaurus:hard
- (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand): confusing, difficult, puzzling, tough, tricky
- (requiring a lot of effort to endure): difficult, intolerable, tough, unbearable
- (severe): harsh, hostile, severe, strict, tough, unfriendly
- (unquestionable): incontrovertible, indubitable, unambiguous, unequivocal, unquestionable
- (of drink): strong
- See also Thesaurus:difficult
Antonyms
- (resistant to pressure): soft
- (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand): easy, simple, straightforward, trite
- (requiring a lot of effort to endure): bearable, easy
- (severe): agreeable, amiable, approachable, friendly, nice, pleasant
- (unquestionable): controvertible, doubtful, ambiguous, equivocal, questionable
- (of drink):
- (low in alcohol): low-alcohol
- (non-alcoholic): alcohol-free, soft, non-alcoholic
- (of roads): soft
- (sexually aroused): soft, flaccid
- (phonetics, all senses): soft
Derived terms
- between a rock and a hard place
- go hard
- hard-and-fast
- hard as nails
- hard-ass
- hardback
- hardbag
- hardbake
- hardball
- hardboard
- hard-boiled
- hard bop
- hard by
- hard candy
- hard case
- hard cash
- hard cheese
- hard cider
- hard class
- hard coal
- hard copy
- hard core
- hard-core, hardcore
- hardcourt
- hard disk
- hard drink
- hard drive
- hard edge
- hard-edged
- harden
- hardface
- hard facts
- hard-favored, hard-favoured
- hard-featured
- hard feelings
- hard going
- hard grass
- hardhack
- hard hat
- hard-headed
- hard-head, hardhead
- hard-hearted, hardhearted
- hardish
- hard knocks
- hard labor, hard labour
- hard landing
- hard left
- hard lens
- hard light
- hardline
- hard line
- hard-liner
- hard lines
- hard luck
- hardly
- hard man, hardman
- hard money
- hard-mouthed
- hard neck
- hardness
- hard news
- hard-nosed, hardnosed
- hard of hearing
- hardometer
- hard-on
- hard palate
- hard-pan
- hard pass
- hard power
- hard radiation
- hard right
- hard rock
- hard sauce
- hard science fiction
- hardscrabble
- hard sell
- hard-set
- hardshelled
- hard-shell, hardshell
- hardship
- hard shoulder
- hard standing
- hard stuff
- hard-tack, hardtack
- hardtail
- hard times
- hard to come by
- hardtop
- hard to please
- hard up
- hardware
- hard water
- hardwood
- hard words
- hard yards
- have it hard
- play hard to get
- put the hard word on
- the hard way
Related terms
- hardpeer
- hardy
Descendants
- → Finnish: haarti
Translations
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Adverb
hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)
- (manner) With much force or effort.
- He hit the puck hard up the ice.
- They worked hard all week.
- At the intersection, bear hard left.
- The recession hit them especially hard.
- Think hard about your choices.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Wife of Bath's Tale”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:
- prayed so hard for mercy from the prince
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene i[3]:
- […] My father / Is hard at study. Pray now, rest yourself;
- 1985, Michael A. Arbib, In search of the person: philosophical explorations in cognitive science, page 119:
- What, then, of the voluntarist's sense that one often has to think long and hard before making agonizing choices?
- (manner) With difficulty.
- His degree was hard earned.
- (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A. Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:
- The question is hard set.
- (manner) Compactly.
- The lake had finally frozen hard.
- (now archaic) Near, close.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 18:7:
- […] whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, page 418:
- It was another long day's march before they glimpsed the towers of Harrenhal in the distance, hard beside the blue waters of the lake.
Close definition
To remove a gap.- To obstruct (an opening).
- To move so that an opening is closed. (1 of 13 close definitions)
Derived terms
- blowhard
- die hard
- go hard on
- go hard with
- hard aport
- hard astarboard
- hard at it
- hard-baked
- hard-bitten
- hard-bound
- hard by
- hard-coded
- hard-contested
- hard done by
- hard-drawn
- hard drinker
- hard-drinking
- hard-driven
- hard-earned
- hard-fought
- hard-gained
- hard-got, hard-gotten
- hard-hit
- hard-hitting
- hard on, hard upon
- hard on one's heels, hard on the heels
- hard-pressed
- hard-pushed
- hard-wearing
- hard-wired
- hard-won
- hard-working
- run hard
Translations
Noun
hard (countable and uncountable, plural hards)
- (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- 1952, Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu Baron Montagu, Beaulieu, the Abbey, Palace House, and Buckler's Hard (page 36)
Beach definition
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. (1 of 4 beach definitions)
Slope definition
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. (1 of 6 slope definitions)
- (countable, motorsports) A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
Medium definition
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. (1 of 15 medium definitions)
- (uncountable, drugs, slang) Crack cocaine.
Crack Cocaine definition
A mixture of baking soda and cocaine in solid form that is smoked in a pipe as a narcotic. (1 of 2 crack cocaine definitions)
- (uncountable, slang) Hard labor.
- The prisoners were sentenced to three years' hard.
Anagrams
Dutch hard definition
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hart, from Old Dutch hart, from Proto-Germanic *harduz.
Adjective
hard (comparative harder, superlative hardst)
- hard, strong
- Antonym: zacht
Zacht definition
soft (1 of 4 zacht definitions)
- (economics, of a currency) strong, not easily devalued
Economics definition
The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.
Devalued definition
simple past tense and past participle of devalue
- unquestionable, uncontestable
- harde feiten
- hard facts
Uncontestable definition
Not contestable.
- heartless, unsympathetic (of a person)
- Antonym: zacht
Unsympathetic definition
Not sympathetic.
- hard, difficult
- een harde strijd
- a difficult fight
- harsh, heavy
- harde straffen
- harsh punishments
- een harde regen
- heavy rain
- hard, rich in calcium (of water)
- Antonym: zacht
- loud (of sound)
Luid definition
loud
Inflection
Inflection of hard | ||||
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uninflected | hard | |||
inflected | harde | |||
comparative | harder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | hard | harder | het hardst het hardste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | harde | hardere | hardste |
n. sing. | hard | harder | hardste | |
plural | harde | hardere | hardste | |
definite | harde | hardere | hardste | |
partitive | hards | harders | — |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
hard
- (speed) fast, swiftly
- Ik heb een bekeuring gekregen omdat ik te hard heb gereden.
- I got a ticket because I drove too fast.
- very
- loudly
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
hard
- first-person singular present indicative of harden
First Person definition
Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur. (1 of 2 first person definitions)
Present Tense definition
A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.
- imperative of harden
Imperative Mood definition
The grammatical mood expressing a command.
French hard definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʁd/
Audio (file)
Adjective
hard (plural hards)
- (of pornography) hardcore
- Des photos hards.
- Hardcore pictures.
Hardcore definition
Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity; diehard. (1 of 6 hardcore definitions)
Noun
hard m (plural hards)
- hardcore pornography
- Le Journal du hard est une émission de Canal + dédiée au cinéma pornographique.
- Le Journal du hard ("Hard Porn News") is a broadcast by Canal+ dedicated to pornographic films.
- hard rock
- Elle adore le hard et le headbang.
- She just loves hard rock and headbanging.
- 2004, Thomas Mansier, Identité du rock et presse spécialisée. Évolution d'une culture et de son discours critique dans les magazines français des années 90, page 98.
- Le hard semble ainsi capable de remplir le contrat originel du rock.
- As such, hard rock seems capable of fulfilling the original purpose of rock.
- 2014, Christian Eudeline, "Uriah Heep. Look At Yourself", in Du hard rock au métal. Les 100 albums cultes, Gründ (publ.).
- Au croisement du hard et du prog, Uriah Heep […] enregistre là son meilleur disque, pourtant, leurs paroles pseudo-lyriques et leurs envolées déplaisaient.
- At the crossroads of hard rock and prog rock, Uriah Heep […] records its best disc there; however, their pseudo-lyrical texts and their take-offs were disliked.
Hard Rock definition
A rock music genre marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances.
Irish hard definition
Pronunciation
Adjective
hard
- h-prothesized form of ard
Norwegian Bokmål hard definition
Etymology
From Old Norse harðr, from Proto-Germanic *harduz.
Adjective
hard (neuter singular hardt, definite singular and plural harde, comparative hardere, indefinite superlative hardest, definite superlative hardeste)
- hard (not soft)
Hard definition
Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.- Resistant to pressure. (1 of 29 hard definitions)
- hard, stern, severe
- hardy
Hardy definition
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. (1 of 4 hardy definitions)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “hard” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk hard definition
Etymology
From Old Norse harðr, from Proto-Germanic *harduz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hard (masculine and feminine hard, neuter hardt, definite singular and plural harde, comparative hardare, indefinite superlative hardast, definite superlative hardaste)
Derived terms
References
- “hard” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon hard definition
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harduz.
Adjective
hard (comparative hardiro, superlative hardist)
Declension
Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | hard | harde, harda | hard | harda | hard | hard, harda |
accusative | hardan, harden | harda, harde | harda | harda | hard | hard, harda |
genitive | hardes, hardas | hardaro, hardoro, hardero | hardara, hardaro | hardaro, hardoro, hardero | hardes, hardas | hardaro, hardoro, hardero |
dative | hardumu, hardum, hardun, hardun, hardon, harden, hardan | hardun, hardon, hardum | hardaro, hardaru, hardara | hardun, hardon | hardumu, hardum, hardun, hardun, hardon, harden, hardan | hardun, hardon, hardum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | hardo, harda | hardon, hardun | harda, harde | hardon, hardun, hardan | harda, harde | hardon, hardun |
accusative | hardon, hardan | hardon, hardun | hardun, hardon, hardan | hardon, hardun, hardan | harda, harde | hardon, hardun |
genitive | harden, hardan | hardono, hardeno | hardun, hardan, harden | hardono | harden, hardan | hardono, hardeno |
dative | hardon, harden, hardan | hardon, hardun | hardun, hardan | hardon, hardun | hardon, harden, hardan | hardon, hardun |
Weak declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | hardiro, hardira | hardiron, hardirun | hardira, hardire | hardiron, hardirun, hardiran | hardira, hardire | hardiron, hardirun |
accusative | hardiron, hardiran | hardiron, hardirun | hardirun, hardiron, hardiran | hardiron, hardirun, hardiran | hardira, hardire | hardiron, hardirun |
genitive | hardiren, hardiran | hardirono, hardireno | hardirun, hardiran, hardiren | hardirono | hardiren, hardiran | hardirono, hardireno |
dative | hardiron, hardiren, hardiran | hardiron, hardirun | hardirun, hardiran | hardiron, hardirun | hardiron, hardiren, hardiran | hardiron, hardirun |
Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | hardist | hardiste, hardista | hardist | hardista | hardist | hardist, hardista |
accusative | hardistan, hardisten | hardista, hardiste | hardista | hardista | hardist | hardist, hardista |
genitive | hardistes, hardistas | hardistaro, hardistoro, hardistero | hardistara, hardistaro | hardistaro, hardistoro, hardistero | hardistes, hardistas | hardistaro, hardistoro, hardistero |
dative | hardistumu, hardistum, hardistun, hardistun, hardiston, hardisten, hardistan | hardistun, hardiston, hardistum | hardistaro, hardistaru, hardistara | hardistun, hardiston | hardistumu, hardistum, hardistun, hardistun, hardiston, hardisten, hardistan | hardistun, hardiston, hardistum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | hardisto, hardista | hardiston, hardistun | hardista, hardiste | hardiston, hardistun, hardistan | hardista, hardiste | hardiston, hardistun |
accusative | hardiston, hardistan | hardiston, hardistun | hardistun, hardiston, hardistan | hardiston, hardistun, hardistan | hardista, hardiste | hardiston, hardistun |
genitive | hardisten, hardistan | hardistono, hardisteno | hardistun, hardistan, hardisten | hardistono | hardisten, hardistan | hardistono, hardisteno |
dative | hardiston, hardisten, hardistan | hardiston, hardistun | hardistun, hardistan | hardiston, hardistun | hardiston, hardisten, hardistan | hardiston, hardistun |
Derived terms
Descendants
Spanish hard definition
Etymology
Adjective
hard (invariable)