a not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
a dispassionate;
took a hard look a hard bargainer
a resisting weight or pressure
s very strong or vigorous
a hard left to the chin
s characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
hard labor
a produced without vibration of the vocal cords
a (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
a (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants
s given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
a hard drinker
s being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
hard liquor
s unfortunate or hard to bear
had hard luck
s dried out
hard dry rolls left over from the day before
r 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
r with firmness
held hard to the railing
r earnestly or intently
thought hard about it stared hard at the accused
r causing great damage or hardship
industries hit hard by the depression
r slowly and with difficulty
prejudices die hard
r indulging excessively
r into a solid condition
concrete that sets hard within a few hours
r 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
r with pain or distress or bitterness
he took the rejection very hard
r to the full extent possible; all the way
hard alee the ship went hard astern swung the wheel hard left