Definition of "hard" in Anglais

adjective

1. (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.

2. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

3. Unquestionable; unequivocal.

   • hard evidence;  a hard requirement

4. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

   • At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.

5. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.

   • I got so hard watching two hot girls wrestle each other on the beach.

6. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

7. (phonetics, not comparable) Fortis.

8. (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.

   • The letter ж (ž) in Russian is always hard.

9. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

10. In a physical form, not digital.

    • a soft or hard copy; a digital or hard archive

11. Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.

    • a hard reboot or reset

12. (politics) Far, extreme.

    • hard right, hard left

13. Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.

14. (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.

15. (pornography) Hardcore.

adverb

1. (manner) With much force or effort.

   • He hit the puck hard up the ice.
   • They worked hard all week.
   • The recession hit them especially hard.
   • Think hard about your choices.
   • The couple were fucking each other hard.

2. (manner) With difficulty.

   • His degree was hard earned.

3. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.

4. (manner) Compactly.

   • The lake had finally frozen hard.

5. (now archaic) Near, close.

   • At the intersection, bear hard left.

noun

1. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

2. (countable, motor racing) A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.