1. (

• 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"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" ;

2. (

• hard ,

) dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer" ;

3. (

• hard ,

) resisting weight or pressure ;

4. (

• hard ,
• knockout ,
• severe

) very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" ;

5. (

• arduous ,
• backbreaking ,
• grueling ,
• gruelling ,
• hard ,
• heavy ,
• laborious ,
• operose ,
• punishing ,
• toilsome

) characterized by 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. (

• unvoiced ,
• voiceless ,
• surd ,
• hard

) produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" ;

7. (

• hard ,
• concentrated ,

) (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source ;

8. (

• hard ,

) (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" ;

9. (

• intemperate ,
• hard ,
• heavy

) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" ;

10. (

• hard ,
• strong

) being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" ;

11. (

• hard ,
• tough

) unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" ;

12. (

• hard

) dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before" ;

1. (

• 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. (

• hard ,
• firmly ,

) with firmness; "held hard to the railing" ;

3. (

• hard ,

) earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused" ;

4. (

• hard ,
• severely ,

) causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure" ;

5. (

• hard ,
• hardly ,

) slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"; "he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight" ;

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" ;