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Adjective
- dried out
- hard dry rolls left over from the day before
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- worked their arduous way up the mining valley
- spent many laborious hours on the project
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access
- why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
Adverb
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- the ship went hard astern
- swung the wheel hard left
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- he took the rejection very hard
- very near or close in space or time
- it stands hard by the railroad tracks
- they were hard on his heels
- a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening
- into a solid condition
- concrete that sets hard within a few hours
- slowly and with difficulty
- causing great damage or hardship
- industries hit hard by the depression
- she was severely affected by the bank's failure
- earnestly or intently
- stared hard at the accused
- with effort or force or vigor
- pressed hard on the lever