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Hard Definition

adjective

Backed by bullion rather than by credit. Used of currency.
Bad; adverse: hard luck.
Being a turn in a specific direction at an angle more acute than other possible routes.
Bitter; resentful: No hard feelings, I hope.
Chemistry Resistant to biodegradation: a hard detergent.

adverb

Firmly; securely: held hard to the railing.
In such a way as to cause great damage or hardship: industrial cities hit hard by unemployment.
Nautical Completely; fully: hard alee.
Near in space or time; close: The factory stands hard by the railroad tracks.
Toward or into a solid condition: concrete that sets hard within a day.

idiom

Hard and fast Defined, fixed, and invariable: hard and fast rules.
Hard of hearing Having a partial loss of hearing.
Hard of hearing One who has a partial loss of hearing.
Hard put Undergoing great difficulty: Under the circumstances, he was hard put to explain himself.
Hard up Informal In need; poor.