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hard

(h/A/rd )

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure(adj.all)

Example:
Why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?.

Synonym:
difficult
Antonym:
easy

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dispassionate(adj.all)

Example:
Took a hard look.
A hard bargainer.

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resisting weight or pressure(adj.all)

Antonym:
soft

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produced without vibration of the vocal cords(adj.all)

Synonym:
surd, unvoiced, voiceless
Antonym:
soft, sonant, voiced

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(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source(adj.all)

Synonym:
concentrated
Antonym:
diffuse, diffused, soft

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(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum(adj.all)

Example:
Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants.

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.(adjective)

source: webster1913

with effort or force or vigor(adv.all)

Example:
The team played hard.
Worked hard all day.
Pressed hard on the lever.
Hit the ball hard.
Slammed the door hard.

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with firmness(adv.all)

Example:
Held hard to the railing.

Synonym:
decisively, firmly, resolutely

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earnestly or intently(adv.all)

Example:
Thought hard about it.
Stared hard at the accused.

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causing great damage or hardship(adv.all)

Example:
Industries hit hard by the depression.

Synonym:
severely

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slowly and with difficulty(adv.all)

Example:
Prejudices die hard.

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indulging excessively(adv.all)

Synonym:
heavily, intemperately
Antonym:
lightly

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into a solid condition(adv.all)

Example:
Concrete that sets hard within a few hours.

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very near or close in space or time(adv.all)

Example:
It stands hard by the railroad tracks.
They were hard on his heels.
A strike followed hard upon the plant's opening.

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with pain or distress or bitterness(adv.all)

Example:
He took the rejection very hard.

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to the full extent possible; all the way(adv.all)

Example:
Hard alee.
The ship went hard astern.
Swung the wheel hard left.

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With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.(adverb)

source: webster1913