| Definitions | hard
adjective
- Resistant to pressure.
- Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
- a hard problem
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- a hard life
- (context, of a person) , severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Unquestionable.
- hard evidence
- Of drink, strong.
- Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.
- (context, slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
Translations: - Dutch: hard, harde, kalkrijk, kalkrijke
- French: m(fr, dur, m, t+, fr, difficile)f
- German: hart(de)
- Italian: cruda(it)
- Spanish: duro(es)m
adverb (harder, hardest)
- With much strength or energy
Etymology: Old English heard
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