hard |
not soft; solid; firm; tough. [11 definitions] |
hardback |
bound in a hard or durable cover. [2 definitions] |
hardball |
baseball. [4 definitions] |
hard-bitten |
made tough or stubborn by hard experience. |
hardboard |
construction board made of wood chips that have been heated and compressed. |
hard-boiled |
of an egg, boiled in the shell until firm all the way through. (Cf. soft-boiled.) [2 definitions] |
hardbound |
of a book, bound with a stiff cover rather than one of flexible paper; hardcover. |
hard case |
one who is stubbornly unchanging or obstinate, as in clinging to destructive behavior patterns. |
hard coal |
see "anthracite." |
hard-core |
deeply committed or determined. [2 definitions] |
hardcover |
a book produced with a relatively hard cover, usu. of cardboard and cloth; hardback. [2 definitions] |
hard disk |
a rigid, magnetized disk built into a computer that is capable of storing a large amount of data. |
hard drive |
a device usu. inside a computer that copies data to and from a computer's hard disk; hard disk drive. |
hard drug |
any drug, such as heroin, that is addictive and causes long-term harmful effects. |
harden |
to make hard or more resistant to pressure. [6 definitions] |
hardened |
made or become hard or harder. [4 definitions] |
hardener |
a substance that can be added to varnish or paint in order to achieve a harder finish on the surface to which it is applied. |
hard-fisted |
unrelentingly stingy; tight-fisted. [2 definitions] |
hard goods |
manufactured products, such as appliances, machines, and automobiles, that last for many years; durable goods. |
hard hat |
a protective helmet, made of metal or hard, impact-resistant plastic, worn by construction workers, miners, and the like. |
hard-hat |
(informal) a construction worker. |