hardy
hardy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
- 2.Strong; firm; compact. [A] blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric. South.
- 3.Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
- 4.Able to withstand the cold of winter. Note: Plants which are hardy in Virginia may perish in New England. Half-hardy plants are those which are able to withstand mild winters or moderate frosts.
- 5.A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- and
- bell
- better
- bill
- bloom
- bobbish
- body
- brave
- buck
- can
- case
- clean
- cure
- daisy
- enjoy
- est
- eupepsia
- excellent
- feather
- fine
- fire
- florid
- flourish
- flush
- fresh
- full
- get
- good
- green
- hale
- have
- health
- healthful
- healthy
- hearty
- high
- improve
- incorruptibility
- incorruption
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is hardy.
- What is confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless called?
- What is strong; firm; compact. [A] blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric. South called?
- What is inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner called?
- What is able to withstand the cold of winter. Note: Plants which are hardy in Virginia may perish in New England. Half-hardy plants are those which are able to withstand mild winters or moderate frosts called?
- What is a blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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