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hardy
1[ hahr-dee ]
adjective
- capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong:
hardy explorers of northern Canada.
Synonyms: sound, stout, hale, robust, vigorous
Antonyms: weak
- (of plants) able to withstand the cold of winter in the open air.
- requiring great physical courage, vigor, or endurance:
the hardiest sports.
- bold or daring; courageous:
hardy soldiers.
Synonyms: brave, resolute, intrepid
Antonyms: timid
- unduly bold; presumptuous; foolhardy.
hardy
2[ hahr-dee ]
noun
- a chisel or fuller with a square shank for insertion into a square hole hardy hole in a blacksmith's anvil.
Hardy
3[ hahr-dee ]
noun
- Godfrey Harold, 1877–1947, English mathematician.
- Oliver, 1892–1957, U.S. motion-picture comedian.
- Thomas, 1840–1928, English novelist and poet.
hardy
1/ ˈhɑːdɪ /
adjective
- having or demanding a tough constitution; robust
- bold; courageous
- foolhardy; rash
- (of plants) able to live out of doors throughout the winter
hardy
2/ ˈhɑːdɪ /
noun
- any blacksmith's tool made with a square shank so that it can be lodged in a square hole in an anvil
Hardy
3/ ˈhɑːdɪ /
noun
- Oliver. See Laurel and Hardy
- HardyThomas18401928MBritishWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet Thomas. 1840–1928, British novelist and poet. Most of his novels are set in his native Dorset (part of his fictional Wessex) and include Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895), after which his work consisted chiefly of verse
- HardySir Thomas Masterman17691839MBritishMILITARY: admiral Sir Thomas Masterman. 1769–1839, British naval officer, flag captain under Nelson (1799–1805): 1st Sea Lord (1830)
Word History and Origins
Origin of hardy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hardy1
Origin of hardy2
Example Sentences
Instead, many of these hardy organisms rely on rocks and water to survive, scientists reported on December 21 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
He says that as a sign that maybe even these hardy invaders have their limits.
A salt solution keeps the nerves functioning as they would if the nerves were in a live fish, Hardy says.
Long-term monitoring of the restored seagrass beds reveals a remarkably hardy ecosystem that is trapping carbon and nitrogen that would otherwise contribute to global warming and pollution, the team reports October 7 in Science Advances.
Perhaps that’s a hopeful sign that even these hardy worms have their limits, but in the meantime, the onslaught of worms continues its march — with help from the humans who spread them.
It satirizes and parodies the romanticised, pessimistic accounts of rural life by writers like Thomas Hardy and Mary Webb.
Two other victims besides Jones and Hardy have been identified.
The family then fell on hard times, and Hardy moved to live with relatives in the Chicago area.
Vann is said to have told cops that he had begun to fight with Hardy in the course of sex.
Hardy had started life in Illinois and then had moved to Colorado with her family.
Hardy and Hicks flung the huge marrow bones with which they happened to be engaged at the time.
He knew it was a handkerchief, and smiled inwardly as he wondered what Tom Hardy would say if he could see him now.
Even the hardy Mohammedan was haggard and spent, and his oblique eyes glowed like the red embers of a dying fire.
It was more than three years since Tom Hardy's letter had thrown him into a chill, and everything as yet was quiet.
She, Anne herself, was as strong as a horse and had never been ill in her life, but others were not quite so hardy.
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