hards
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of hards
First recorded before 900; Middle English herdes, Old English heordan
Example Sentences
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Nearly all the drivers stopped for tyres, and Russell, Leclerc and Norris came out on three different compounds - Russell on softs, Leclerc on hards and Norris on mediums.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025
Norris’ soft tyres degraded quickly and Verstappen’s hards stayed in good shape, hence the Dutchman was able to chase down Norris and pass him.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024
Lap 13: Vettel has also pitted - on go the hards.
From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2021
Mignola die hards will no doubt pick up the reference in his final pages to his previous book that the writer wistfully describes as “the best thing I’ve ever done.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2016
The Anglo-Saxon term for the hards, or the coarse part, of flax or unplucked wool.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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