| slovo | definícia |
tough
(mass) | tough
- prísny, tvrdo, neľahko |
tough
(encz) | tough,houževnatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,hrubě Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,hrubý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,nepoddajný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,nesnadný Pavel Machek; Giza |
tough
(encz) | tough,neurvalý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,neústupný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,odolný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,pevný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,přísný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,silný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,surový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,tuhý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,tvrdě Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,tvrdý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,urputný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tough
(encz) | tough,vytrvalý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Tough
(gcide) | Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. Tougher; superl. Toughest.] [OE.
tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG.
z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close
to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness;
yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting
great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably
tough. "Tough roots and stubs. " --Milton.
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2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong;
-- of objects and people; as, tough sinews. --Cowper.
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A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . .
Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire.
--Dryden.
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The basis of his character was caution combined with
tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A.
Symonds.
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3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as,
tough phlegm.
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4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
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So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden.
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5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] " A tough
debate. " --Fuller.
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6. Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
[PJC]
7. Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; -- of
people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough
character.
[PJC]
To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to
make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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tough
(gcide) | tough \tough\, n.
A person who is tough[7]; a ruffian; a thug; as, a cluster of
neighborhood toughs hanging out on the corner.
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tough
(wn) | tough
adj 1: not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough
character" [ant: tender]
2: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a
rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of
frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough
life"; "it was a tough job" [syn: rugged, tough]
3: physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet" [syn:
tough, toughened] [ant: tender, untoughened]
4: substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves";
"sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics
are as tough as metal" [syn: sturdy, tough]
5: violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough
street gangs" [syn: ruffianly, tough]
6: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally
used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she
felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless
night" [syn: bad, tough]
7: resistant to cutting or chewing [ant: tender]
8: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
[syn: hard, tough]
9: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or
believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of
what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at
home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic,
problematical, tough]
n 1: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than
being formally trained in the sport of boxing [syn: {street
fighter}, tough]
2: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood,
hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie,
strong-armer]
3: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan,
ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
tough luck
(mass) | tough luck
- smola |
toughly
(mass) | toughly
- pevne |
a tough act to follow
(encz) | a tough act to follow,těžko napodobitelný výkon Zdeněk Brož |
a tough call
(encz) | a tough call,těžké rozhodnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
a tough time of it
(encz) | a tough time of it,těžká doba n: Zdeněk Brož |
hang tough
(encz) | hang tough, |
in tough
(encz) | in tough, |
tough bananas
(encz) | tough bananas, |
tough customer
(encz) | tough customer, |
tough guy
(encz) | tough guy, n: |
tough luck
(encz) | tough luck,malér n: Zdeněk Brožtough luck,pech Zdeněk Brožtough luck,smůla n: Zdeněk Brož |
tough nut to crack
(encz) | tough nut to crack,tvrdý oříšek n: [id.] Pino |
tough on me
(encz) | tough on me, |
tough sledding
(encz) | tough sledding, |
tough times
(encz) | tough times, |
tough-minded
(encz) | tough-minded, adj: |
toughen
(encz) | toughen,utužit v: Zdeněk Brožtoughen,zpevnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
toughen up
(encz) | toughen up,zesílit v: Zdeněk Brož |
toughened
(encz) | toughened, adj: |
toughener
(encz) | toughener, |
tougher
(encz) | tougher,tužší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
toughest
(encz) | toughest,nejpevnější adj: Zdeněk Brožtoughest,nejtužší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
toughie
(encz) | toughie, n: |
toughly
(encz) | toughly,pevně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
toughness
(encz) | toughness,pevnost n: Zdeněk Brožtoughness,tuhost n: Zdeněk Brož |
untoughened
(encz) | untoughened, adj: |
when the going gets tough
(encz) | when the going gets tough, |
tough s---
(czen) | Tough S---,TS[zkr.] |
To make it tough
(gcide) | Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. Tougher; superl. Toughest.] [OE.
tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG.
z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close
to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness;
yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting
great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably
tough. "Tough roots and stubs. " --Milton.
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2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong;
-- of objects and people; as, tough sinews. --Cowper.
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A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . .
Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire.
--Dryden.
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The basis of his character was caution combined with
tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A.
Symonds.
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3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as,
tough phlegm.
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4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
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So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden.
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5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] " A tough
debate. " --Fuller.
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6. Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
[PJC]
7. Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; -- of
people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough
character.
[PJC]
To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to
make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Tough
(gcide) | Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. Tougher; superl. Toughest.] [OE.
tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG.
z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close
to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness;
yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting
great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably
tough. "Tough roots and stubs. " --Milton.
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2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong;
-- of objects and people; as, tough sinews. --Cowper.
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A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . .
Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire.
--Dryden.
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The basis of his character was caution combined with
tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A.
Symonds.
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3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as,
tough phlegm.
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4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
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So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden.
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5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] " A tough
debate. " --Fuller.
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6. Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
[PJC]
7. Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; -- of
people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough
character.
[PJC]
To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to
make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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A person who is tough[7]; a ruffian; a thug; as, a cluster of
neighborhood toughs hanging out on the corner.
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Tough-cake
(gcide) | Tough-cake \Tough"-cake`\, n.
See Tough-pitch
(b) .
[1913 Webster]Tough-pitch \Tough"-pitch`\, n. (Metal.)
(a) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of
well reduced and refined copper.
(b) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
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tough-cake
(gcide) | Tough-cake \Tough"-cake`\, n.
See Tough-pitch
(b) .
[1913 Webster]Tough-pitch \Tough"-pitch`\, n. (Metal.)
(a) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of
well reduced and refined copper.
(b) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
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Toughen
(gcide) | Toughen \Tough"en\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Toughened; p. pr.
& vb. n. Toughening.]
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
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Toughened
(gcide) | Toughen \Tough"en\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Toughened; p. pr.
& vb. n. Toughening.]
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
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Toughened glass
(gcide) | Glass \Glass\ (gl[.a]s), n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[ae]s; akin
to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf.
AS. gl[ae]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. Glare, n., Glaze, v.
t.]
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1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent
substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture,
and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime,
potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes
and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for
lenses, and various articles of ornament.
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Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides;
thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous),
red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium,
yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown;
gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium,
emerald green; antimony, yellow.
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2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance,
and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
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3. Anything made of glass. Especially:
(a) A looking-glass; a mirror.
(b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time;
an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a
vessel is exhausted of its sand.
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She would not live
The running of one glass. --Shak.
(c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the
contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous
liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.
(d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the
plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears
glasses.
(e) A weatherglass; a barometer.
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Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as,
glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or
glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc.
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Bohemian glass, Cut glass, etc. See under Bohemian,
Cut, etc.
Crown glass, a variety of glass, used for making the finest
plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of
silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of
lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of
crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it
in the process of blowing.
Crystal glass, or Flint glass. See Flint glass, in the
Vocabulary.
Cylinder glass, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in
the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally,
opened out, and flattened.
Glass of antimony, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with
sulphide.
Glass cloth, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers.
Glass coach, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for
the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so
called because originally private carriages alone had
glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart.
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Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from
which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this
term, which is never used in America, hired
carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F.
Cooper.
Glass cutter.
(a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window
panes, ets.
(b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and
polishing.
(c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for
cutting glass.
Glass cutting.
(a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of
glass into panes with a diamond.
(b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by
appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand,
emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied;
especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth
ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental
scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved.
Glass metal, the fused material for making glass.
Glass painting, the art or process of producing decorative
effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and
combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of
lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting
and glass staining (see Glass staining, below) are used
indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows,
and the like.
Glass paper, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used
for abrasive purposes.
Glass silk, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion,
on rapidly rotating heated cylinders.
Glass silvering, the process of transforming plate glass
into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a
deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam.
Glass soap, or Glassmaker's soap, the black oxide of
manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take
away color from the materials for glass.
Glass staining, the art or practice of coloring glass in
its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in
a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass.
Cf. Glass painting.
Glass tears. See Rupert's drop.
Glass works, an establishment where glass is made.
Heavy glass, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially
of a borosilicate of potash.
Millefiore glass. See Millefiore.
Plate glass, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates,
and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and
the best windows.
Pressed glass, glass articles formed in molds by pressure
when hot.
Soluble glass (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium,
found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder,
or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for
rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial
stone, etc.; -- called also water glass.
Spun glass, glass drawn into a thread while liquid.
Toughened glass, Tempered glass, glass finely tempered or
annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by
plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine,
etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the
process, Bastie glass.
Water glass. (Chem.) See Soluble glass, above.
Window glass, glass in panes suitable for windows.
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Toughening
(gcide) | Toughen \Tough"en\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Toughened; p. pr.
& vb. n. Toughening.]
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
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Tougher
(gcide) | Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. Tougher; superl. Toughest.] [OE.
tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG.
z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close
to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness;
yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting
great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably
tough. "Tough roots and stubs. " --Milton.
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2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong;
-- of objects and people; as, tough sinews. --Cowper.
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A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . .
Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire.
--Dryden.
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The basis of his character was caution combined with
tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A.
Symonds.
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3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as,
tough phlegm.
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4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
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So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden.
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5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] " A tough
debate. " --Fuller.
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6. Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
[PJC]
7. Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; -- of
people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough
character.
[PJC]
To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to
make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Toughest
(gcide) | Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. Tougher; superl. Toughest.] [OE.
tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG.
z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close
to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness;
yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting
great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably
tough. "Tough roots and stubs. " --Milton.
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2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong;
-- of objects and people; as, tough sinews. --Cowper.
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A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . .
Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire.
--Dryden.
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The basis of his character was caution combined with
tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A.
Symonds.
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3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as,
tough phlegm.
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4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
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So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden.
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5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] " A tough
debate. " --Fuller.
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6. Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
[PJC]
7. Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; -- of
people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough
character.
[PJC]
To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to
make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Tough-head
(gcide) | Tough-head \Tough"-head`\, n. (Zool.)
The ruddy duck. [ Local U. S. ]
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Toughish
(gcide) | Toughish \Tough"ish\, a.
Tough in a slight degree.
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Toughly
(gcide) | Toughly \Tough"ly\, adv.
In a tough manner.
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Toughness
(gcide) | Toughness \Tough"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tough.
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Tough-pitch
(gcide) | Tough-pitch \Tough"-pitch`\, n. (Metal.)
(a) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of
well reduced and refined copper.
(b) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
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tough guy
(wn) | tough guy
n 1: someone who bullies weaker people [syn: tough guy, {plug-
ugly}] |
tough luck
(wn) | tough luck
n 1: an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
[syn: misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck]
[ant: good fortune, good luck, luckiness] |
tough-minded
(wn) | tough-minded
adj 1: facing facts or difficulties realistically and with
determination [syn: tough-minded, unsentimental] |
tough-skinned
(wn) | tough-skinned
adj 1: having a relatively tough outer covering
2: insensitive to criticism [syn: thick-skinned, {tough-
skinned}] |
toughen
(wn) | toughen
v 1: make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her" |
toughened
(wn) | toughened
adj 1: physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
[syn: tough, toughened] [ant: tender,
untoughened]
2: made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat
treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
[syn: tempered, treated, hardened, toughened] [ant:
unhardened, untempered] |
toughie
(wn) | toughie
n 1: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood,
hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie,
strong-armer]
2: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
[syn: poser, stumper, toughie, sticker] |
toughly
(wn) | toughly
adv 1: in a ruggedly tough manner; "toughly vigorous story-
telling" |
toughness
(wn) | toughness
n 1: enduring strength and energy [syn: stamina, {staying
power}, toughness]
2: the property of being big and strong [syn: huskiness,
ruggedness, toughness]
3: the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to
absorb considerable energy before cracking [syn: temper,
toughness]
4: impressive difficulty [syn: formidability, toughness] |
untoughened
(wn) | untoughened
adj 1: physically untoughened; "tender feet" [syn: tender,
untoughened] [ant: tough, toughened] |
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