Hard Definition–adjective | 1. | not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable. | | 2. | firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. | | 3. | difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task. | | 4. | difficult or troublesome with respect to an action, situation, person, etc.: hard to please; a hard time. | | 5. | difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand: a hard problem. | | 6. | involving a great deal of effort, energy, or persistence: hard labor; hard study. | | 7. | performing or carrying on work with great effort, energy, or persistence: a hard worker. | | 8. | vigorous or violent in force; severe: a hard rain; a hard fall. | | 9. | bad; unendurable; unbearable: hard luck. | | 10. | oppressive; harsh; rough: hard treatment. | | 11. | austere; severe: a hard winter; the hard times of the Great Depression. | | 12. | harsh or severe in dealing with others: a hard master. | | 13. | difficult to explain away; undeniable: hard facts. | | 14. | that can be verified; factual, as distinguished from speculation or hearsay: hard information. | | 15. | harsh or unfriendly; resentful; severe; bitter: hard feelings; hard words. | | 16. | of stern judgment or close examination; searching: a hard look. | | 17. | lacking delicacy or softness; not blurred or diffused; clear and distinct; sharp; harsh: a hard line; a hard, bright light; hard features; a hard face. | | 18. | (of a photograph) contrasty. | | 19. | severe or rigorous in terms:
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a hard bargain. | | 20. | sternly realistic; dispassionate; unsentimental: a hard, practical man; a hard view of life. | | 21. | incorrigible; disreputable; tough: a hard character. | | 22. | Scot. and North England. niggardly; stingy. | | 23. | in coins or paper money as distinguished from checks, securities, promissory notes, or other negotiable instruments). | | 24. | (of paper money or a
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monetary system) supported by sufficient gold reserves and easily convertible into the currency of a foreign nation. | | 25. | (of money) scarce or available at high interest rates: a hard loan. | | 26. | denoting assets with intrinsic value, as gold, silver, or diamonds. | | 27. | (of alcoholic beverages) | a. | containing more than 22.5 percent alcohol by volume, as whiskey and brandy as opposed to beer and wine. | | b. | strong because of fermentation; intoxicating: hard cider. | | | 28. | (of wine) tasting excessively of tannin. | | 29. | (of an illicit narcotic or drug) known to be physically addictive, as opium, morphine, or cocaine. | | 30. | (of water) containing mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap. | | 31. | (of bread and baked goods) | a. | having a firm, crisp crust or texture: hard rolls. | | | 32. | (of a fabric) having relatively little nap; smooth: Silk is a harder fabric than wool or cotton. | | 33. | (of the landing of a rocket or space vehicle) executed without decelerating: a hard landing on the moon. Compare soft (def. 28). | | 34. | (of a missile base) equipped to launch missiles from underground silos. | | 35. | (of a missile) capable of being launched from an underground silo. | | 36. | Military. being underground and strongly protected from nuclear bombardment. | | 37. | Agriculture. noting wheats with high gluten content, milled for a bread flour as contrasted with pastry flour. | | 38. | Phonetics. | b. | (of c and g) pronounced as (k) in come and (g) in go, rather than as in cent, cello, suspicion, gem, or beige. | | c. | (of consonants in Slavic languages) not palatalized. Compare soft (def. 26). | | | 39. | (in the making of rope) noting a lay having a considerable angle to the axis of the rope; short. | | 40. | Physics. (of a beam of particles or photons) having relatively high energy: hard x-rays. Compare soft (def. 29). | | 41. | (of the penis) erect. | –adverb | 42. | with great exertion; with vigor or violence; strenuously: to work hard; to try hard. | | 43. | earnestly, intently, or critically: to look hard at a thing. | | 45. | so as to be solid, tight, or firm: frozen hard. | | 46. | with strong force or impact: She tripped and came down hard on her back. | | 47. | in a deeply affected manner; with genuine sorrow or remorse: She took it very hard when they told her of his death. | | 48. | closely; immediately: Failure and defeat seemed hard at hand. The decision to ban students from the concerts followed hard on the heels of the riot. | | 49. | to an unreasonable or extreme degree; excessively; immoderately: He's hitting the bottle pretty hard. | | 50. | Nautical. closely, fully, or to the extreme limit: hard aport; hard alee. | –noun | 51. | Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the wa
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ter. | | 52. | British. | a. | a firm or solid beach or foreshore. | | b. | a firm landing, jetty, or road across or adjoining the foreshore. | | —Idioms | 54. | be hard on, to deal harshly with; be stern: You are being too hard on him. | | 55. | hard by, in close proximity to; near:
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The house is hard by the river. | | 57. | hard put, in great perplexity or difficulty; at a loss: We were hard put to finish the examination in one hour. | | 58. | hard up, Informal. | a. | urgently in need of money. | | b. | feeling a lack or need: The country is hard up for technicians and doctors. | | From DictionaryDrive Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation. | | 2. | to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an
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animal, etc.): to drive a car; to drive a mule. | | 3. | to convey in a vehicle: She drove them to the station. | | 4. |
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to force to work or act: He drove the workers until they collapsed. | | 5. | to impel; constrain; urge; compel. | | 6. | to carry (business, an agreement, etc.) vigorously through: He drove a hard bargain. | | 7. | to keep (machinery) going. | | 8. | Baseball. | a. | to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a base hit or sacrifice fly: He drove him home with a scratch single. | | b. | to cause (a run) to be scored by a base hit or sacrifice fly: He drove in two runs. | | | 9. | Golf. to hit (a golf ball), esp. from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron: She drove the ball within ten feet of the pin. | | 10. | Sports. | a. | to hit or propel (a ball, puck, shuttlecock, etc.) very hard. | | b. | to kick (a ball) with much force. | | | 11. | Hunting. | b. | to search (a district) for game. | | | 12. | to float (logs) down a river or stream. | | 13. | (in mining, construction, etc.) to excavate (a mine or tunnel heading). | –verb (used without object) | 14. | to cause and guide the movement of a vehicle or animal, esp. to operate an automobile. | | 15. | to go or travel in a driven vehicle: He drives to work with me. | | 16. | Golf. to hit a golf ba
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ll, esp. from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron: He drove long and straight throughout the match. | | 17. | to strive vigorously toward a goal or objective; to work, play, or try wholeheartedly and with determination. | | 18. | to go along before an impelling force; be impelled: The ship drove before the wind. | | 19. | to rush or dash violently. | –noun | 21. | a trip in a vehicle, esp. a short pleasure trip: a Sunday drive in the country. | | 22. | an impelling along, as of game, cattle, or floating logs, in a particular direction. | |
| 23. | the animals, logs, etc., thus driven. | | 24. | Psychology. an inner urge that stimulates activity or inhibition; a basic or instinctive need: the hunger drive; sex drive. | | 25. | a vigorous onset or onward course toward a goal or objective: the drive toward the goal line. | | 26. | a strong military offensive. | | 27. | a united effort to accomplish some specific purpose, esp. to raise money, as for a charity. | | 28. | energy and initiative: a person with great drive. | | 29. | vigorous pressure or effort, as in business. | | 30. | a road for vehicles, esp. a scenic one, as in or along a park, or a short one, as an approach to a house. | | 31. | Machinery. a driving mechanism, as of an automobile: gear drive; chain drive. | | 32. | Automotive. the point or points of power application to the roadway: front-wheel drive; four-wheel drive. | | 33. | Sports. | a. | an act or instance of driving a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like. | | b. | the flight of such a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like, that has been driven with much force. | | | 34. | Golf. a shot, esp. with a driver or driving iron from the tee, that is intended to carry a great distance. | | 35. | a hunt in which game is driven toward stationary hunters. | –adjective | 37. | noting or pertaining to a part of a machine or vehicle used for its propulsion. | —Verb phrase | 38. | drive at, to attempt or intend to convey; allude to; suggest: What are you driving at? | —Idiom | 39. | let drive, to aim a blow or missile at; attack: He let drive at his pursuers. | |
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