Definition of "Hard" :

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

"Why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?."

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

"Hard labor."

adjective: dried out

"Hard dry rolls left over from the day before."

adjective: unfortunate or hard to bear

"Had hard luck."

adjective: resisting weight or pressure

adjective: dispassionate

"Took a hard look."

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."

adjective: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

adjective: being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

"Hard liquor."

adjective: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

"A hard drinker."

adjective: produced without vibration of the vocal cords

adjective: very strong or vigorous

"A hard left to the chin."

adverb: with effort or force or vigor

"The team played hard."

adverb: to the full extent possible; all the way

"Hard alee."

adverb: slowly and with difficulty

"Prejudices die hard."

adverb: causing great damage or hardship

"Industries hit hard by the depression."

adverb: with firmness

"Held hard to the railing."

adverb: earnestly or intently

"Thought hard about it."

adverb: with pain or distress or bitterness

"He took the rejection very hard."

adverb: very near or close in space or time

"It stands hard by the railroad tracks."

adverb: into a solid condition

"Concrete that sets hard within a few hours."

adverb: indulging excessively