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Tough   /təf/   Listen
adjective
Tough  adj.  (compar. tougher; superl. toughest)  
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. "
2.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; of objects and people; as, tough sinews. "A body made of brass, the crone demands,... Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire." "The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose."
3.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
4.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. "So tough a frame she could not bend."
5.
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. (Colloq.) " A tough debate. "
6.
Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
7.
Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; of people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough character.
To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter. (Obs.)


noun
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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... and slit the tough fabric into strips, five lengths each, then tied the ends together, tightening the knots as well as she could. She had little idea of how far the improvised rope would reach, but it seemed fairly long when it was done. She began to think it would mean everything to get outside the ...
— Juggernaut • Alice Campbell
... are behind him; if he breaks the law up there in the North-west, he knows he's just got to be jailed for it, sure as he's alive. It may take a day, or it may take a year. It may cost the authorities a dollar, or it may cost 'em a million, and a life or two thrown in. But that tough is just going to be jailed, and he durned well knows it. That's what the R.N.W.M.P. means to the North-west; and you take it from me, it's a pretty big thing ...
— Jan - A Dog and a Romance • A. J. Dawson
... men hang follies unnumbered—this is the unachievable thing, to find what shall be best hap for a man both presently and also at the last. Yea for the very founder[1] of this country once on a time struck with his staff of tough wild-olive-wood Alkmene's bastard brother Likymnios in Tiryns as he came forth from Midea's chamber, and slew him in the kindling of his wrath. So even the wise man's feet are turned astray by tumult ...
— The Extant Odes of Pindar • Pindar
... answer) she had flung them into the roadway; but at the instant when she understood him she made a dart at them, gathered them all together in her hands, and sped to the brookside. There she lay at length upon the turf, and washed the blooms in the flowing water. Then she gathered long tough grasses, and looped them together until she had made a cord, with which she bound the waxen posy. Paul followed and sat near, languidly propped on one ...
— Despair's Last Journey • David Christie Murray
... eight acres, very rough, tough, and stony. He informed his young companions of his mother's conditional promise, and several of them readily agreed to help him. For the next two weeks the field presented the spectacle of a continuous "bee" ...
— Famous Americans of Recent Times • James Parton


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