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hard 
  adj 
1 firm or rigid; not easily dented, crushed, or pierced 
2 toughened by or as if by physical labour; not soft or smooth 
hard hands  
3 difficult to do or accomplish; arduous 
a hard task  
4 difficult to understand or perceive 
a hard question  
5 showing or requiring considerable physical or mental energy, effort, or application 
hard work, a hard drinker  
6 stern, cold, or intractable 
a hard judge  
7 exacting; demanding 
a hard master  
8 harsh; cruel 
a hard fate  
9 inflicting pain, sorrow, distress, or hardship 
hard times  
10 tough or adamant 
a hard man  
11 forceful or violent 
a hard knock  
12 cool or uncompromising 
we took a long hard look at our profit factor  
13 indisputable; real 
hard facts  
14  (Chem) (of water) impairing the formation of a lather by soap 
 See  →  hardness  →  3 
15 practical, shrewd, or calculating 
he is a hard man in business  
16 too harsh to be pleasant 
hard light  
17 
a (of cash, money, etc.) in coin and paper rather than cheques 
b (of currency) in strong demand, esp. as a result of a good balance of payments situation 
c (of credit) difficult to obtain; tight 
18 (of alcoholic drink) being a spirit rather than a wine, beer, etc. 
the hard stuff  
19 (of a drug such as heroin, morphine, or cocaine) highly addictive 
 Compare  →  soft  →  20 
20  (Physics) (of radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays) having high energy and the ability to penetrate solids 
21  (Physics) (of a vacuum) almost complete 
22  (Chiefly U.S.) (of goods) durable 
23  short for  →  hard-core 
24  (Phonetics) 
a  an older word for  →  fortis 
b (not in modern technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as velar stops (k, g) 
c (of consonants in the Slavonic languages) not palatalized 
25 
a being heavily fortified and protected 
b (of nuclear missiles) located underground in massively reinforced silos 
26 politically extreme 
the hard left  
27  (Brit. and N.Z.) 
informal incorrigible or disreputable (esp. in the phrase a hard case) 
28 (of bread, etc.) stale and old 
29 ♦ a hard nut to crack 
a a person not easily persuaded or won over 
b a thing not easily understood 
30 ♦ hard by near; close by 
31 ♦ hard doer  (N.Z.) a tough worker at anything 
32 ♦ hard done by unfairly or badly treated 
33 ♦ hard up 
Informal 
a in need of money; poor 
b foll by: for in great need (of) 
hard up for suggestions  
34 ♦ put the hard word on  (Austral. and N.Z.) 
informal to ask or demand something from 
  adv 
35 with great energy, force, or vigour 
the team always played hard  
36 as far as possible; all the way 
hard left  
37 with application; earnestly or intently 
she thought hard about the formula  
38 with great intensity, force, or violence 
his son's death hit him hard  
39 foll by: on, upon, by,  or  after close; near 
hard on his heels  
40 foll by: at assiduously; devotedly 
41 
a with effort or difficulty 
their victory was hard won  
b (in combination) 
hard-earned  
42 slowly and reluctantly 
prejudice dies hard  
43 ♦ go hard with to cause pain or difficulty to (someone) 
it will go hard with you if you don't tell the truth  
44 ♦ hard at it working hard 
45 ♦ hard put (to it) scarcely having the capacity (to do something) 
he's hard put to get to work by 9:30  
  n 
46 any colorant that produces a harsh coarse appearance 
47  (Brit) a roadway across a foreshore 
48 Slang hard labour 
49 Taboo slang an erection of the penis (esp. in the phrase get or have a hard on) 
  (Old English heard; related to Old Norse harthr, Old Frisian herd, Old High German herti, Gothic hardus hard, Greek kratus strong) 



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