plural of hard science

(of a living being) To die only after a desperate struggle for life. / (of a custom, idea etc) To be slow in changing or disappearing.

To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires. / (computing) To implement a feature in hardware rather than in software so that it cannot easily be changed.

(colloquial, countable) Difficulties; a difficult time; trouble. / (colloquial, uncountable) A prison term.

(UK, dated, Rhode Island, often imperative) To remain still; to stop suddenly.

A type of landscaping which prominently uses hard materials, like stone and metals, rather than soil and plants.

The sugar maple, Acer saccharum. / The wood of this tree.

Difficulties, generally; a rough time.

(idiomatic) (I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); there's no bad blood between (us, etc.).

(publishing, broadcasting) Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events.