Meaning

• A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

• A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.

• Crack cocaine.

• Hard labor.

  "The prisoners were sentenced to three years' hard."

Meaning

• (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

• (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

• Unquestionable.

  "hard evidence;  a hard requirement"

• (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

  "At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left."

• (of a male) Sexually aroused.

  "I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach."

• Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

• Plosive.

  "There is a hard c in "clock" and a soft c in "centre"."

• Unvoiced

  "Hard k, t, s, ch, as distinguished from soft, g, d, z, j."

• Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized

  "The letter ж in Russian is always hard."

• Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

• In a physical form, not digital.

  "a soft or hard copy ; a digital or hard archive"

• Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.

  "a hard reboot or reset"

• Far, extreme.

  "hard right, hard left"

• Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.

Meaning

• (manner) With much force or effort.

  "At the intersection, bear hard left."

• (manner) With difficulty.

  "His degree was hard earned."

• So as to raise difficulties.

• (manner) Compactly.

  "The lake had finally frozen hard."

• Near, close.