Definitions
How to pronounce hard:
Hard - as an adjective
Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Example: "A difficult task"
Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
Example: "Unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
Example: "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
Hard - as an adverb
With effort or force or vigor
Example: "The team played hard"
Earnestly or intently
Example: "Thought hard about it"
Causing great damage or hardship
Example: "Industries hit hard by the depression"
Into a solid condition
Example: "Concrete that sets hard within a few hours"
Very near or close in space or time
Example: "It stands hard by the railroad tracks"
With pain or distress or bitterness
Example: "He took the rejection very hard"
To the full extent possible; all the way
Example: "Hard alee"
Hard - as an adjective satellite
Very strong or vigorous
Example: "A hard left to the chin"
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Example: "Worked their arduous way up the mining valley"
Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
Example: "A hard drinker"
Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
Example: "Hard liquor"
Dried out
Example: "Hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
Hard - as a noun
A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
Crack cocaine.
Hard labor.
Example: "The prisoners were sentenced to three years' hard."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
HARD has a SCRABBLE points total of 8.
HARD has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
HARD has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.
