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English to English adjective
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not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure |  | Example: 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?
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dispassionate | | Example: took a hard look
a hard bargainer
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resisting weight or pressure | | source: wordnet30
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produced without vibration of the vocal cords | | Example: unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
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(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source | | source: wordnet30
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(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum | | Example: Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants
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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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very strong or vigorous | | Example: strong winds
a hard left to the chin
a knockout punch
a severe blow
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characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | | Example: 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
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given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors | | Example: a hard drinker
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being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content | | Example: hard liquor
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unfortunate or hard to bear | | Example: had hard luck
a tough break
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dried out | | Example: hard dry rolls left over from the day before
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with effort or force or vigor | | Example: the team played hard
worked hard all day
pressed hard on the lever
hit the ball hard
slammed the door hard
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with firmness | | Example: held hard to the railing
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earnestly or intently | | Example: thought hard about it
stared hard at the accused
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causing great damage or hardship | | Example: industries hit hard by the depression
she was severely affected by the bank's failure
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slowly and with difficulty | | Example: prejudices die hard
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indulging excessively | | Example: he drank heavily
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into a solid condition | | Example: concrete that sets hard within a few hours
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very near or close in space or time | | Example: it stands hard by the railroad tracks
they were hard on his heels
a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening
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with pain or distress or bitterness | | Example: he took the rejection very hard
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to the full extent possible; all the way | | Example: hard alee
the ship went hard astern
swung the wheel hard left
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With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. | | source: webster1913 noun
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A ford or passage across a river or swamp. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To harden; to make hard. | | source: webster1913
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