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adjective(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
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"had hard luck"adjectiveunfortunate or hard to bear
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"held hard to the railing"adverbwith firmness
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adjectiveproduced without vibration of the vocal cords
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"prejudices die hard" "he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight"adverbslowly and with difficulty
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"a hard left to the chin"adjectivevery strong or vigorous
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"a hard drinker"adjectivegiven to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
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adverbindulging excessively
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"why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"adjectivenot easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
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"hard liquor"adjectivebeing distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
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"hard labor"adjectivecharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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"industries hit hard by the depression"adverbcausing great damage or hardship
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"took a hard look" "a hard bargainer"adjectivedispassionate
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"hard dry rolls left over from the day before"adjectivedried out
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"Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"adjective(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
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adjectiveresisting weight or pressure
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"the team played hard" "worked hard all day" "pressed hard on the lever" "hit the ball hard" "slammed the door hard"with effort or force or vigor
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"concrete that sets hard within a few hours"into a solid condition
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bad trying set serious strong difficult tough heavy tight hardly rough tall nasty firm embarrassing solid heavily horny awkward delicate rocky severe tricky alcoholic demanding ambitious woody sticky challenging severely firmly troublesome concentrated punishing whispered stale insensitive touchy knockout merciless rugged problematic elusive calculating catchy hardened erect scheming ticklish vexed arduous shrewd indulgent thorny conniving baffling stony hardness grueling laborious steely unyielding gruelling voiceless fractious surd calculative knotty unmerciful toilsome herculean intemperate problematical unenviable adamantine backbreaking rocklike unvoiced intemperately hard-fought effortful operose case-hardened hard-boiled velar granitic semihard corneous tumid hornlike al dente petrous stonelike granitelike