hard

Sense 1 adjective

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

a difficult task

Sense 2 adverb

with effort or force or vigor

the team played hard

Sense 3 adjective

dispassionate

took a hard look

Sense 4 adverb

with firmness

held hard to the railing

Sense 5 adjective

resisting weight or pressure

Sense 6 adverb

earnestly or intently

thought hard about it

Sense 7 adjective

very strong or vigorous

strong winds

Sense 8 adverb

causing great damage or hardship

industries hit hard by the depression

Sense 9 adjective

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

worked their arduous way up the mining valley

Sense 10 adverb

slowly and with difficulty

prejudices die hard

Sense 11 adjective

produced without vibration of the vocal cords

unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'

Sense 12 adverb

indulging excessively

he drank heavily

Sense 13 adjective

(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

Sense 14 adverb

into a solid condition

concrete that sets hard within a few hours

Sense 15 adjective

(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

Sense 16 adverb

very near or close in space or time

it stands hard by the railroad tracks

Sense 17 adjective

given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

a hard drinker

Sense 18 adverb

with pain or distress or bitterness

he took the rejection very hard

Sense 19 adjective

being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

hard liquor

Sense 20 adverb

to the full extent possible; all the way

hard alee

Sense 21 adjective

unfortunate or hard to bear

had hard luck

Sense 22 adjective

dried out

hard dry rolls left over from the day before