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How to pronounce hard
Say it like this: /hɑɹd/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does hard mean?
adjSolid and firm.
Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
“This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.”
Strong.
advWith much force or effort.
“They worked hard all week.”
With difficulty.
“His degree was hard earned.”
So as to raise difficulties.
“The question is hard set.”
nounA firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
“He brought the dinghy up to the careening hard. Two or three boats lay on their sides on the sloping roadway, but there was no sign of life.”
A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
Crack cocaine.
verbTo make hard, harden.
“He knows vain men: he sees their harts that hard them In Guiles and Wiles, and will not hee regard them?”
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