eng: hard

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means(adjective) 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"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
hard, difficult
means(adjective) dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
hard
means(adjective) resisting weight or pressure
hard
means(adjective) very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
knockout, hard, severe
means(adjective) characterized by 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"
laborious, arduous, grueling, backbreaking, heavy, hard, toilsome, punishing, gruelling, operose
means(adjective) produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
unvoiced, surd, voiceless, hard
means(adjective) (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
concentrated, hard
means(adjective) (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"
hard
means(adjective) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"
intemperate, heavy, hard
means(adjective) being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"
strong, hard
means(adjective) unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
tough, hard
means(adjective) dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
hard
means(adverb) 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"
hard
means(adverb) with firmness; "held hard to the railing"
firmly, hard
means(adverb) earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"
hard
means(adverb) causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
severely, hard
means(adverb) slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"
hard
means(adverb) indulging excessively; "he drank heavily"
heavily, intemperately, hard
means(adverb) into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
hard
means(adverb) 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"
hard
means(adverb) with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard"
hard
means(adverb) to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"
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