Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or
consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust;
grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard
conditions or terms.

Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding;
obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard
heart; hard words; a hard character.

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not
yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; – applied to material
bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.

Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily
apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.

اَلْحَرْدُ [el-hard] (hâ’nın fethi ve râ’nın sükûnuyla) Kasd etmek; yukâlu: حَرَدَ يَحْرِدُ حَرْدًا مِنَ الْبَابِ الثَّانِي إِذَا قَصَدَ ve tekûlu: حَرَدْتُ حَرْدَكَ أَيْ قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ Kâlallâhu ta’âlâ: ﴿وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ﴾ (القلم 25) أَيْ عَلَى قَصْدٍ وَقِيلَ عَلَى منه مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ حَارَدَتِ الْإِبِلُ حِرَادًا إِذَا قَلَّتْ أَلْبَانُهَا Ve حَرْدٌ [hard] Gazab ma’nâsına da gelir; yukâlu: هُوَ مَمْلُوءٌ مِنْ غَضَبٍ وَحَرْدٍ Ve الْحِرَادُ [el-hirâd] (hâ’nın kesriyle) Kıllet-i leben, nitekim el-ân mürûr etti. Ve yılın yağmuru az olmağa dahi derler; yukâlu: حَارَدَتِ السَّنَةُ إِذَا قَلَّ مَطَرُهَا

خَرْدٌ [hard] (فَرْدٌ [ferd] vezninde) Sa’d b. Zeydu Menât nâm kimsenin lakabıdır.

اَلْحَرْضُ [el-hard] (عَرْضٌ ['ard] vezninde) Bir kimse kendi nefsini bir hâletle fâsid ve tebâh kılmak ma’nâsınadır; yukâlu: حَرَضَ الرَّجُلُ نَفْسَهُ حَرَضًا مِنَ الْبَابِ الثَّانِي إِذَا أَفْسَدَهَا

vulg. hurd, s. Food; provisions; sustenance; provender.

Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious;
fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.