Definition of "hardy" in Englisch

adjective

1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.

2. (botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions, especially frost.

   • A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.

3. Brave and resolute.

4. Impudent.

noun

1. (usually in the plural) Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.

2. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.

3. hardy hole