hard
     adj 1: 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 is it
            so hard for you to keep a secret?" [syn: {difficult}]
            [ant: {easy}]
     2: metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a
        hard bargainer"; "a hard climb" [ant: {soft}]
     3: not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as
        rock" [ant: {soft}]
     4: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the
        chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" [syn: {knockout},
         {severe}]
     5: 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 punishing pace" [syn: {arduous}, {backbreaking},
         {grueling}, {gruelling}, {heavy}, {laborious}, {punishing},
         {toilsome}]
     6: of speech sounds [ant: {soft}]
     7: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a
        lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" [syn: {hard(a)},
        {heavy}]
     8: having undergone fermentation; "hard cider" [syn: {fermented}]
     9: having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" [syn: {strong}]
     10: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough
         break" [syn: {tough}]
     11: dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
     adv 1: 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"
     2: with firmness; "held hard to the railing" [syn: {firmly}]
     3: earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard
        at the accused"
     4: causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by
        the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's
        failure" [syn: {severely}]
     5: slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"
     6: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" [syn: {heavily}, {intemperately}]
        [ant: {lightly}]
     7: into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a
        few hours"
     8: 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"
     9: with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection
        very hard"
     10: to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the
         ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"
     [also: {hardest}, {harder}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0