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Though (adverb)
Despite that; however.
“I will do it, though.”
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Though (adverb)
Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
“”Man, it’s hot in here.” — “Isn’t it, though?””
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Though (conjunction)
Despite the fact that; although.
“Though it’s risky, it’s worth taking the chance.”
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Though (conjunction)
If, that, even if.
“We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight.”
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Hard (adjective)
Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
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Hard (adjective)
Resistant to pressure.
“This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.”
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Hard (adjective)
Strong.
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Hard (adjective)
High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
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Hard (adjective)
Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
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Hard (adjective)
Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
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Hard (adjective)
Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.
“a hard problem”
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Hard (adjective)
Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
“a hard life”
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Hard (adjective)
Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
“a hard master;”
“a hard heart;”
“hard words;”
“a hard character”
“don’t be so hard on yourself”
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Hard (adjective)
Unquestionable.
“hard evidence”
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Hard (adjective)
Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
“At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.”
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Hard (adjective)
Sexually aroused.
“I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.”
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Hard (adjective)
Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
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Hard (adjective)
Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
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Hard (adjective)
Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
“There is a hard c in “clock” and a soft c in “centre”.”
“Hard k, t, s, ch, as distinguished from soft, g, d, z, j.”
“The letter m|ru|ж in Russian is always hard.”
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Hard (adjective)
Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
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Hard (adjective)
In the form of a hard copy.
“We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.”
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Hard (adverb)
With much force or effort.
“He hit the puck hard up the ice.”
“They worked hard all week.”
“At the intersection, bear hard left.”
“The recession hit them especially hard.”
“Think hard about your choices.”
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Hard (adverb)
With difficulty.
“His degree was hard earned.”
“The vehicle moves hard.”
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Hard (adverb)
So as to raise difficulties.
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Hard (adverb)
Compactly.
“The lake had finally frozen hard.”
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Hard (adverb)
Near, close.
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Hard (noun)
A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
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Hard (noun)
crack cocaine.
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Hard (noun)
A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
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Hard (adjective)
solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced
“the slate broke on the hard floor”
“rub the varnish down when it’s hard”
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Hard (adjective)
(of a person) not showing any signs of weakness; tough
“only a handful are hard enough to join the SAS”
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Hard (adjective)
(of prices of shares, commodities, etc.) high and stable; firm.
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Hard (adjective)
done with a great deal of force or strength
“a hard whack”
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Hard (adjective)
requiring a great deal of endurance or effort
“airship-flying was pretty hard work”
“she found it hard to believe that he could be involved”
“it’s hard for drummers these days”
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Hard (adjective)
putting a lot of energy into an activity
“he’d been a hard worker all his life”
“everyone has been hard at work”
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Hard (adjective)
difficult to bear; causing suffering
“he’d had a hard life”
“times were hard at the end of the war”
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Hard (adjective)
difficult to understand or solve
“this is a really hard question”
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Hard (adjective)
not showing sympathy or affection; strict
“he can be such a hard taskmaster”
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Hard (adjective)
(of a season or the weather) severe
“it’s been a long, hard winter”
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Hard (adjective)
harsh or unpleasant to the senses
“the hard light of morning”
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Hard (adjective)
(of wine) harsh or sharp to the taste, especially because of tannin.
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Hard (adjective)
(of information) reliable, especially because based on something true or substantiated
“hard facts about the underclass are maddeningly elusive”
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Hard (adjective)
(of a subject of study) dealing with precise and verifiable facts
“efforts to turn psychology into hard science”
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Hard (adjective)
denoting an extreme or dogmatic faction within a political party
“the hard left”
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Hard (adjective)
(of science fiction) dealing with technological advances which do not contravene currently accepted scientific laws or principles
“a hard SF novel”
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Hard (adjective)
strongly alcoholic; denoting a spirit rather than beer or wine.
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Hard (adjective)
(of a drug) potent and addictive.
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Hard (adjective)
(of radiation) highly penetrating.
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Hard (adjective)
(of pornography) highly obscene and explicit.
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Hard (adjective)
(of water) containing relatively high concentrations of dissolved calcium and magnesium salts, which make lathering difficult
“hard water requires much more soap, shampoo, or detergent than soft water”
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Hard (adjective)
(of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) erect.
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Hard (adjective)
(of a man) having an erect penis.
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Hard (adjective)
(of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go).
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Hard (adverb)
with a great deal of effort
“they work hard at school”
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Hard (adverb)
with a great deal of force; violently
“it was raining hard”
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Hard (adverb)
so as to be solid or firm
“the mortar has set hard”
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Hard (adverb)
to the fullest extent possible
“put the wheel hard over to starboard”
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Hard (noun)
a road leading down across a foreshore.