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Definition hard

Etymology

From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”). Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek ?????? (kratús), Sanskrit ????? (krátu), Avestan ??????‎ (xratu?).

Adjective

hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)

1. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
   1. Resistant to pressure.
   2. (of drink or drugs) Strong.
   3. (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
   4. (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
   5. (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
2. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
   1. Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
   2. Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
   3. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
   4. (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
3. Unquestionable.
4. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
5. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
6. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
7. (phonetics, not comparable)
   1. Plosive.
   2. Unvoiced
   3. Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
8. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
   1. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
   2. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
9. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
10. (politics, Britain) Far, extreme.

Adverb

hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)

1. (manner) With much force or effort.
2. (manner) With difficulty.
3. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
4. (manner) Compactly.
5. (now archaic) Near, close.

Noun

hard (countable and uncountable, plural hards)

1. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
2. (countable, motorsports) A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
3. (uncountable, drugs, slang) Crack cocaine.
4. (uncountable, slang) Hard labor.

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