1. not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot.
3. difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task.
4. difficult or troublesome with respect to an action, situation, person, etc.: hard to please;a hard time.
5. difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand: a hard problem.
6. involving a great deal of effort, energy, or persistence: hard labor;hard study.
7. performing or carrying on work with great effort, energy, or persistence: a hard worker.
8. vigorous or violent in force; severe: a hard rain;a hard fall.
9. bad; unendurable; unbearable: hard luck.
10. oppressive; harsh; rough: hard treatment.
11. austere; severe: a hard winter;the hard times of the Great Depression.
12. harsh or severe in dealing with others: a hard master.
13. difficult to explain away; undeniable: hard facts.
14. that can be verified; factual, as distinguished from speculation or hearsay: hard information.
15. harsh or unfriendly; resentful; severe; bitter: hard feelings;hard words.
16. of stern judgment or close examination; searching: a hard look.
17. lacking delicacy or softness; not blurred or diffused; clear and distinct; sharp; harsh: a hard line;a hard, bright light;hard features;a hard face.
18. (of a photograph) contrasty.
19. severe or rigorous in terms: a hard bargain.
20. sternly realistic; dispassionate; unsentimental: a hard, practical man;a hard view of life.
21. incorrigible; disreputable; tough: a hard character.
22. stingy; mean: hard with money.
23. in coins or paper money as distinguished from checks, securities, promissory notes, or other negotiable instruments).
24. (of paper money or a monetary system) supported by sufficient gold reserves and easily convertible into the currency of a foreign nation.
25. (of money) scarce or available at high interest rates: a hard loan.
26. denoting assets with intrinsic value, as gold, silver, or diamonds.
27. (of alcoholic beverages)
• containing more than 22.5 percent alcohol by volume, as whiskey and brandy as opposed to beer and wine.
• strong because of fermentation; intoxicating: hard cider.
28. (of wine) tasting excessively of tannin.
29. (of an illicit narcotic or drug) known to be physically addictive, as opium, morphine, or cocaine.
30. (of water) containing mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.
31. (of bread and baked goods)
• having a firm, crisp crust or texture: hard rolls.
• stale or tough.
32. (of a fabric) having relatively little nap; smooth: Silk is a harder fabric than wool or cotton.
33. (of the landing of a rocket or space vehicle) executed without decelerating: a hard landing on the moon.
34. (of a missile base) equipped to launch missiles from underground silos.
35. (of a missile) capable of being launched from an underground silo.
36. being underground and strongly protected from nuclear bombardment.
37. noting wheats with high gluten content, milled for a bread flour as contrasted with pastry flour.
38. Phonetics.
• fortis.
• (of c and g) pronounced as (k) in come and (g) in go, rather than as in cent, cello, suspicion, gem, or beige.
• (of consonants in Slavic languages) not palatalized.
39. (in the making of rope) noting a lay having a considerable angle to the axis of the rope; short.
40. (of a beam of particles or photons) having relatively high energy: hard x-rays.
41. (of the penis) erect.

42. with great exertion; with vigor or violence; strenuously: to work hard;to try hard;to fight back hard.
43. earnestly, intently, or critically: to look hard at a thing.
44. harshly or severely.
45. so as to be solid, tight, or firm: frozen hard.
46. with strong force or impact: She tripped and came down hard on her back.
47. in a deeply affected manner; with genuine sorrow or remorse: She took it very hard when they told her of his death.
48. closely; immediately: Failure and defeat seemed hard at hand. The decision to ban students from the concerts followed hard on the heels of the riot.
49. to an unreasonable or extreme degree; excessively; immoderately: He's hitting the bottle pretty hard.
50. closely, fully, or to the extreme limit: hard aport;hard alee.

51. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
52. British.
• a firm or solid beach or foreshore.
• a firm landing, jetty, or road across or adjoining the foreshore.
53. hard labor.

54. to deal harshly with; be stern: You are being too hard on him.
55. in close proximity to; near: The house is hard by the river.
56. See entry at hard of hearing.
57. in great perplexity or difficulty; at a loss: We were hard put to finish the examination in one hour.
58. hard up, Informal.
• urgently in need of money.
• feeling a lack or need: The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.

1. firm or rigid; not easily dented, crushed, or pierced
2. toughened by or as if by physical labour; not soft or smooth
3. difficult to do or accomplish; arduous
4. difficult to understand or perceive
5. showing or requiring considerable physical or mental energy, effort, or application
6. stern, cold, or intractable
7. exacting; demanding
8. harsh; cruel
9. inflicting pain, sorrow, distress, or hardship
10. tough or adamant
11. forceful or violent
12. cool or uncompromising
13. indisputable; real
14. (of water) impairing the formation of a lather by soap
15. practical, shrewd, or calculating
16. too harsh to be pleasant
• (of cash, money, etc) in coin and paper rather than cheques
• (of currency) in strong demand, esp as a result of a good balance of payments situation
• (of credit) difficult to obtain; tight
18. (of alcoholic drink) being a spirit rather than a wine, beer, etc
19. (of a drug such as heroin, morphine, or cocaine) highly addictive
20. (of radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays) having high energy and the ability to penetrate solids
21. (of a vacuum) almost complete
22. (of goods) durable
23. short for hard-core
24. (of news coverage) concentrating on serious stories
25. phonetics
• an older word for fortis
• (not in modern technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as velar stops (k, g)
• (of consonants in the Slavonic languages) not palatalized
• being heavily fortified and protected
• (of nuclear missiles) located underground in massively reinforced silos
27. politically extreme
28. incorrigible or disreputable (esp in the phrase a hard case)
29. (of bread, etc) stale and old
30. a hard nut to crack
• a person not easily persuaded or won over
• a thing not easily understood
31. near; close by
32. a tough worker at anything
33. unfairly or badly treated
34. hard up informal
• in need of money; poor
• in great need (of)
35. to ask or demand something from

36. with great energy, force, or vigour
37. as far as possible; all the way
38. with application; earnestly or intently
39. with great intensity, force, or violence
40. close; near
41. assiduously; devotedly
• with effort or difficulty
• (in combination)
43. slowly and reluctantly
44. to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
45. working hard
46. scarcely having the capacity (to do something)

47. any colorant that produces a harsh coarse appearance
48. a roadway across a foreshore
49. hard labour
50. an erection of the penis (esp in the phrase get or have a hard on)

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