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      hard
      noun
      (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
      (countable, motor racing) A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
      (uncountable, drugs, slang) Crack cocaine.
      (uncountable, slang) Hard labor.
      A surname.
      verb
      (transitive, obsolete) To make hard, harden.
      adjective
      (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
      Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
      (of drink or drugs) Strong.
      (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
      (oenology) Very acidic or tannic.
      (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).
      (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
      (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
      (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
      Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
      Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
      Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
      (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
      (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
      (slang) Excellent, impressive.
      Unquestionable; unequivocal.
      (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
      (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
      (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
      (phonetics, not comparable) Fortis.
      Plosive.
      Unvoiced.
      (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
      (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.
      (not comparable) In a physical form, not digital.
      (not comparable) Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
      (politics) Far, extreme.
      Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
      (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
      (pornography) Hardcore.
      (mnemonic) An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: heartfelt, animated, required, difficult.
      (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
      adverb
      (manner) With much force or effort.
      (manner) With difficulty.
      (manner) Compactly.
      (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
      (now archaic) Near, close.
      Synonyms for hard
      toughadjdifficultadjarduousadjtoilsomeadjbackbreakingadjlaboriousadjheavyadjoperoseadjsevereadjdifficilestrongadjarduouslyadvtryingadjroughadjcorneousadjseverelyadvrocklikeadjeffortfuladjharshadjsteelyadjstiffadjruggedadjintemperateadjstrenuousadjunyieldingadj
      Words related to hard
      gruelingadjtoughlyadvsclerousadjintemperatelyadvdifficultlyadvharshenvtrickieradjhardlyadvpunishingadjrimoseadjstiffishadjchallengingadjroughishadjflintilyadvhardcoreadj

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