not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why i;
characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a;
dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before";
unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break";
not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock";
metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb";
of speech sounds;
having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor";
very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow";
having undergone fermentation; "hard cider";
with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard";
to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left";
slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard";
causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank''s failure";
with firmness; "held hard to the railing";
earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused";
with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard";
very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant''s opening";
into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours";
