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    hard
    [härd]
    adjective
    hard (adjective) · harder (comparative adjective) · hardest (superlative adjective)
    1. solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced:
      "a hard mattress" · "ground frozen hard as a rock"
      Opposite:
      • (of a person) not showing any signs of weakness; tough:
        "the hard, tough, honest cop"
      • (of prices of stock, commodities, etc.) stable or firm in value.
    2. (of information) reliable, especially because based on something true or substantiated:
      "hard facts about the underclass are maddeningly elusive"
      Opposite:
      • (of a subject of study) dealing with precise and verifiable facts:
        "efforts to turn psychology into hard science"
      • denoting an extreme or dogmatic faction within a political party:
        "the hard left"
      • (of science fiction) dealing with technological advances which do not contravene currently accepted scientific laws or principles:
        "a hard SF novel"
    3. (of liquor) strongly alcoholic; denoting distilled spirits rather than beer or wine.
      Opposite:
      low-alcohol
    4. (of water) containing relatively high concentrations of dissolved calcium and magnesium salts, which make lathering difficult:
      "hard water requires much more soap, shampoo, or detergent than soft water"
    5. (of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) erect.
      • (of a man) having an erect penis.
    6. phonetics
      (of a consonant) pronounced as c in cat or g in go.
    adverb
    hard (adverb) · harder (comparative adverb) · hardest (superlative adverb)
    1. so as to be solid or firm:
      "the mortar has set hard"
    2. to the fullest extent possible:
      "put the wheel hard over to starboard"
      Similar:
      as hard as possible
      for all one's worth
      to the utmost
      to the limit
      at full speed
      as fast as possible
      at full tilt
      at breakneck speed
      Opposite:
    Origin
    Old English hard, heard, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hard and German hart.
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