hard

adj. rigid, stiff; difficult

adv. strenuously, with great effort; to the full extent; intently; to the extreme limit

Hard or hardness may refer to:Hardness, resistance of physical materials to change under force.Hard water has a high mineral content.Mathematical difficulty; see computational complexity theory.A difficulty level in a video game.Street hardness, an attribute characterized by physical and mental toughness due to living in hostile urban environments.Hard, Austria, a town in Austria.
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Adjective
1. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
(synonym) difficult
(similar) ambitious, challenging
(see-also) demanding
(attribute) difficulty, difficultness
2. metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb"
(antonym) soft
(similar) brutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind
(see-also) difficult
3. not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock"
(antonym) soft
(similar) adamantine
(see-also) solid
(attribute) hardness
4. very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
(synonym) knockout, severe
(similar) strong
5. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "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"
(synonym) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome
(similar) effortful
6. of speech sounds
(antonym) soft
(similar) plosive
7. of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"
(synonym) hard(a), heavy
(similar) intemperate
8. having undergone fermentation; "hard cider"
(synonym) fermented
(similar) soured
9. having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"
(synonym) strong
(similar) alcoholic
10. unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
(synonym) tough
(similar) bad
11. dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
(similar) stale
Adverb
1. with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard"
(pertainym) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome
2. with firmness; "held hard to the railing"
(synonym) firmly
3. earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"
4. causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
(synonym) severely
5. slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"
(pertainym) difficult
6. indulging excessively; "he drank heavily"
(synonym) heavily, intemperately
7. into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
(pertainym) hardened, set
8. very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"
9. with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard"
10. to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"

adj. hard, rigid, stiff; difficult

n. hardware, tools and other small objects made of metal; mechanical equipment; mechanical and electronic elements of a computer