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hard: 1. mod. fermented, as with cider. (See also hard liquor.)

□ This juice got hard. What shall I do with it?

□ Where’s the hard stuff?

□ If it’s hard, give it to me and I’ll drink it.

2. mod. having to do with an addictive drug. (Compare this with soft.)

□ Gert’s on hard stuff now.

□ Hard drugs are easier to get than ever before.

3. mod. tough. (Akin to hardhearted; hard as nails.)

□ Sally is really hard. She can stand anything.

□ Only the hard guys get through basic training.

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Synonyms:

Firm, solid, compact, impenetrable, unyielding, rigid, Close, near / Stiff, constrained, forced, unnatural, ungraceful, rigid / Excessive, intemperate / Difficult, embarrassing, perplexing, puzzling, knotty, intricate, understood with difficulty, Laboriously, diligently, earnestly, incessantly, energetically / Laborious, arduous, toilsome, fatiguing, wearying, With difficult, not easily / Unfeeling, unkind, insensible, unsusceptible, cruel, oppressive, rigorous, exacting, severe, unyielding, inflexible, callous, obdurate, hard-hearted, unfeeling, unsympathetic, Distressfully, painfully, severely, rigorously / Grievous, distressing, calamitous, painful, disagreeable, unpleasant, Vehemently, forcibly, violently / Inclement, stormy, tempestuous, cold, severe / Harsh, rough, sour, acid / Coarse, unpalatable / Unfavorable, unprosperous, unpropitious

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Hard — (h[aum]rd), a. [Compar. {Harder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Hardest}.] [OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. har[eth]r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[*a]rd, Goth. hardus, Gr. kraty s strong, ka rtos, kra tos, strength … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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hard — [härd] adj. [ME < OE heard, akin to Ger hart < IE base * kar , hard > Gr karyon, nut, kratos, strength] 1. not easily dented, pierced, cut, or crushed; resistant to pressure; firm and unyielding to the touch; rigid; solid and compact 2.… … English World dictionary
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