hard
What is the Definition of hard?
Adjective:
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- resisting weight or pressure
- very strong or vigorous
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- (of light)
- (of speech sounds)
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- dried out
Adverb:
- with effort or force or vigor
- with firmness
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- slowly and with difficulty
- indulging excessively
- into a solid condition
- very near or close in space or time
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
How can I use hard in a sentence?
He mounted the broom and kicked hard against the ground and up, up he soared; air rushed through his hair, and his robes whipped out behind him — and in a rush of fierce joy he realized he would found something he could do without being taught — this was easy, this was wonderful.
It seemed that Professor McGonagall had reached the point she was most anxious to discuss, the real reason she had been waiting on a cold, hard wall all day, for neither as a cat nor as a woman had she fixed Dumbledore with such a piercing stare as she did now.
Slytherin in possession — Flint with the Quaffle — passes Spinnet — passes Bell — hit hard in the face by a Bludger, hope it broke his nose — only joking, Professor — Slytherins score — A no The Slytherins were cheering.
He pulled a bag of ordinary golf balls out of his pocket and a few minutes later, he and Harry were up in the air, Wood throwing the golf balls as hard as he could in every direction for Harry to catch.
It is like — like soccer in the Muggle world — everyone follows Quidditch — played up in the air on broomsticks and there is four balls — sorta hard ter explain the rules.
Other meanings of hard (synonyms, cognates).
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| hard disk |
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| hard error |
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| hard labour |
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| hard lending |
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| hard liness |
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| hard luck |
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| hard money |
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| hard set |
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| hard space |
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| hard stop |
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| hard up |
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| hard works |
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| hardcopy |
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| hardcore |
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| harden |
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| hardened |
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| harder |
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| hardheaded |
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| hardhearted |
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| hardly |
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| hardness |
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| hardship |
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| hardware |
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| hardware compatibility |
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| hardware compatible |
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| hardware cost |
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| hardware costs |
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| hardware division |
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| hardware environment |
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| hardware error |
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| hardware interrupt |
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| hardware multiplication |
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| hardware sprite |
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| hardware stack |
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| hardware support |
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| hardwired |
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