name
Meaning 1
plural of Hard
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Standard Lemma guide
hards
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /hɑɹdz/
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɑːdz/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dz
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R D Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 3
plural of hard
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Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 4
The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Etymology
From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кълчища (kǎlčišta) — The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp