hard

Meaning

Adj

1. Solid and firm.
2. Solid and firm.
3. Solid and firm.
4. Solid and firm.
5. Solid and firm.
6. Solid and firm.
7. Solid and firm.
8. Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
9. Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
10. Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
11. Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
12. Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
13. (slang) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
14. (slang) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
15. Unquestionable; unequivocal.
16. Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
17. (slang) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
18. Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
19. Fortis.
20. Fortis.
21. Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
22. Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
23. Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
24. In a physical form, not digital.
25. Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
26. Far, extreme.
27. Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
28. Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
29. Hardcore.

Adv

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

Noun

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

Verb

To make hard, harden.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɑːd/

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).