Meaning of tough | Babel Free

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1. Strong and resilient; sturdy.
2. A violent or rowdy person; a hoodlum or thug.
3. Difficult to cut or chew.
4. Used to indicate recalcitrance or noncompliance with a complaint or demand.
5. Rugged or physically hardy.
6. To get through despite hardship; endure: "It helps if one was raised to tough it out" (Gail Sheehy).
7. Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.
8. Harsh or severe.
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9. Slang. To carry on through despite hardships:endure.
10. Rowdy or rough.
11. a rough, violent person; a bully. afknouer شَخْص عَنيف أو جِلْف хулиган valentão lotr der Rowdy barsk fyr; bølle κακοποιός, τραμπούκοςbruto, persona violenta/agresiva jõhkard آدم کله شق kovanaama dur, dureבריון गुंडा, बदमाश razbijač, nasilnik huligán orang kasar hrotti, ribbaldi duro, violento ならず者 불량배 mušeika, chuliganas huligāns ganas woestelingbølle, tøffingchuligan کله شخه سری valentão per­soană violentă/dură хулиган lotor robavs grubijan hårding, råskinn คนอันธพาล zor, güç 惡棍，暴徒 хуліган,...
12. Difficult or demanding.
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13. rofheid قَسْوَه، صَلابَه، جَلافَه، خُشونَه здравина rijeza tuhost, odolnost die Zähigkeit sejhed; styrke; barskhed σκληρότηταdureza; fortaleza, resistencia; carácter violento vastupidavus, visadus دشواری؛ طاقت lujuus duretéקשיחות मजबूती, चिमड़पन, बेरहमी žilavost, tvrdoća keménység, erősség; kitartás ketangguhan harka; staðfesta durezza がんじょうさ 강함 tvirtumas stiprums; izturīgums kuatnya taaiheidhardhet; seighet; hardførhet twardość كلك والى: كسكر توب rijeza duritate, tenacitate прочность; жестко...
14. Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
    material
15. to make or become tough. sterk maak يُخَشِّن، يُقَسّي заяквам endurecer zpevnit zäh machen/werden gøre sej; hærde σκληραίνω, σκληραγωγώ, σκληραγωγούμαιendurecer, fortalecer sitkestama, sitkenema محکم کردن؛ خشن کردن vahvistaa durcir, endurcir לְחַזֵק कड़ा कर učiniti žilavim, očvrsnuti megkeményít menguatkan herða; harðna indurire, indurirsi がんじょうにする 강하게 하다 kietinti, kietėti, užgrūdinti padarīt cietu/stipru/izturīgu; kļūt cietam/stipram/izturīgam menguatkan taai maken/worden herde, gjøre hard u...
16. Strict, not lenient.
17. bad luck. That was tough luck. jammer حَظ سَيِّء лош късмет azar smůla das Pech uheld ατυχίαmala suerte ebaõnn بدشانسی؛ بخت بد kova onni pas de chance מָזָל בִּיש मजबूत हिस्सा peh, nesreća balszerencse kemalangan óheppni sfortuna 不運 불운 nesėkmė neveiksme nasib malang pechergerlig, uheldigpech بد بخت azar ghi­nion невезение smola smola loša sreća otur แย่มาก şanssızlık 運氣不好 невдача, невезіння بد قسمتي điều rủi 运气不佳
18. to deal forcefully with or refuse to yield to (a person). When he started to argue, I got tough with him. hom dwing يَتَعامَل بِقسُوَّه مع،يَرْفُض التَّنازُل لِ отнасям се грубо с endurecer jednat tvrdě massiv werden gegenüber gå hårdt på (nogen) αγριεύω σε κπ., σκληραίνω τη στάση μου ponerse duro con mitte järele andma قاطعانه برخورد کردن با pysyä kovana se montrer dur avec לִהיוֹת תָקִיף कड़ा, सख्त आदि बनना postati grub, agresivan prema kemény vkivel tidak menyerah sÿna (e-m) hörku (usare l...
19. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient: a tough all-weather fabric.

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Examples

“The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses.”

“To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.”

“Only a tough species will survive in the desert.”

“But before you quit turkey hunting and take up model-train collecting, let me give you the good news: you can score on tough turkeys. In fact, you can kill the toughest turkey in the woods.”

“He had a reputation as a tough negotiator.”

“A bunch of the tough boys from the wrong side of the tracks threatened him.”

“This is a tough crowd.”

“1998, Lois Liederman Davitz, Joel Robert Davitz, 20 Tough Questions Teenagers Ask and 20 Tough Answers, Paulist Press, pages 6-7, But let's get back to the tough question about sex before marriage. And this is a tough question. In fact we would rank the question you've both raised as pretty high on our list of tough questions.”

“Anderson: We fought hard to get here. But now the toughest part of our mission begins. Anderson: We've got to drive right through the heart of Reaper-controlled territory, break past their defenses, and get to that beacon.”

“2010, Rushworth M. Kidder, Good Kids, Tough Choices, Wiley (Jossey-Bass), page 96, What Lara faced, in fact, falls right into the pool of light beneath our second lens: making tough choices.”

“tough on crime”

“President Joe Biden is embracing tougher border measures, including shutting down the US-Mexico border, marking a stark shift from his early days in office as he tries to fend off former President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigration policy ahead of the election.”

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