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hardy

UK /ˈhɑːdi/US /ˈhɑɹdi/

adjective 4
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 2

adjective4

•
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
- It is an useful sort of the smaller kind of hogs, that is hardy in its nature and of considerable weight in proportion to its size. — 1824
•
Able to survive adverse growing conditions, especially frost.
- A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
•
Brave and resolute.
- But he was not so hardy to abide That bitter stownd, but turning quicke aside His light-foot beast, fled fast away for feare: — 1590
Impudent.

noun3

[usually plural] Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.
A hardy hole.

forms

hardies · hardier · hardiest

Phrases with hardy

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