Backed by bullion rather than by credit. Used of currency.
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Bad; adverse: hard luck.
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Being a turn in a specific direction at an angle more acute than other possible routes.
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Bitter; resentful: No hard feelings, I hope.
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Chemistry Resistant to biodegradation: a hard detergent.
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adverb
Firmly; securely: held hard to the railing.
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In such a way as to cause great damage or hardship: industrial cities hit hard by unemployment.
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Nautical Completely; fully: hard alee.
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Near in space or time; close: The factory stands hard by the railroad tracks.
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Toward or into a solid condition: concrete that sets hard within a day.
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idiom
Hard and fast Defined, fixed, and invariable: hard and fast rules.
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Hard of hearing Having a partial loss of hearing.
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Hard of hearing One who has a partial loss of hearing.
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Hard put Undergoing great difficulty: Under the circumstances, he was hard put to explain himself.
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Hard up Informal In need; poor.
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