📖 H — The English dictionary · page 7

happily — Everyday, meaning 1: Happily means in a happy, cheerful way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Happily means willingly, gladly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Happily can mean «luckily»: «Happily, nobody was hurt.».↗ Example: The children played happily in the garden.↗ · They lived happily ever after.↗ · I would happily help you.↗ · The dog wagged its tail happily.↗ · Happily, nobody was hurt in the crash.↗ · She smiled happily at her new puppy.↗ · Little Two-eyes lived happily for a long time.↗

happiness — Everyday, meaning 1: The feeling of being happy, glad and pleased.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A state of having a good life with joy and contentment.↗ Example: Her face was full of happiness when she saw the puppy.↗ · Money cannot always buy happiness.↗ · Playing with friends brings me happiness.↗ · He cried tears of happiness at the wedding.↗ · Kindness spreads happiness to others.↗ · The story ends with peace and happiness for everyone.↗ · What brings you happiness?↗ · No one can find happiness without work.↗ · Happiness y or a good end, or simply g(H>dj TUBH.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Happiness is reserved for the just, and misery for the wicked ones.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

happy — Everyday, meaning 1: Feeling pleased, glad or full of joy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Making you feel glad: a happy day, a happy ending.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Happy to: willing and pleased to do something: «I'm happy to help».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Happy with: satisfied with something.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Used in greetings.↗ e.g. Happy birthday!↗ Happy New Year!↗ Example: I'm happy because it's the holidays.↗ · Happy birthday, Sam!↗ · The story had a happy ending.↗ · I'm happy to help you carry the bags.↗ · Are you happy with your drawing?↗ · The dog wags its tail when it's happy.↗ · They lived happily ever after.↗ · Sharing your toys can make your friends happy.↗ · Yet he did not feel happy.↗ · And Leah said: 'Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy.'↗ And she called his name Asher.↗ (Torah GEN.30.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency!↗ (Torah DEU.33.29, JPS 1917)↗ · Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.↗ (Writings PSA.2.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Happy is the people that is in such a case.↗ (Writings PSA.144.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Yea, happy is the people whose God is the LORD.↗ (Writings PSA.144.15, JPS 1917)↗

harangue — Everyday, meaning 1: A harangue is a long, loud, forceful speech, often a scolding or an urging to act.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To harangue is to make such a speech to a crowd.↗ Example: The hare gave a long harangue to the crowd.↗ · The captain harangued his men before the battle.↗

harass — Everyday, meaning 1: To keep annoying, upsetting, threatening or bothering someone again and again.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make repeated small attacks on an enemy.↗ Example: It is wrong to harass people online.↗ · The boys were told off for harassing the younger children.↗ · Tell a teacher if anyone harasses you..↗ · Small groups of soldiers harassed the enemy's supply wagons.↗ · She felt harassed by the constant phone calls.↗ · 'Harass the Midianites, and smite them; (Torah NUM.25.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?↗ (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917)↗ · And in Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that harass my soul; for I am Thy servant.↗ (Writings PSA.143.12, JPS 1917)↗ · The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.↗ (Prophets ISA.11.13, JPS 1917)↗

harbinger — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who goes ahead to announce what is coming.↗ Example: A harbinger unto Zion will I give: 'Behold, behold them', and to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings.↗ (Prophets ISA.41.27, JPS 1917)↗ · How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings, that announceth peace, the harbinger of good tidings, that announceth salvation; that saith unto Zion: 'Thy God reigneth!'↗ (Prophets ISA.52.7, JPS 1917)↗

harbor — Everyday, meaning 1: A sheltered area of water by the coast where ships and boats can stay safely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To harbor someone means to hide or shelter them, often someone wanted by the police.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To harbor a feeling means to keep it in your mind for a long time: harbor a grudge.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To harbor germs or pests means to let them live and grow there.↗ Example: The fishing boats came back into the harbor.↗ · Sydney Harbour Bridge is famous around the world.↗ · The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the USA into the war in 1941.↗ · It is a crime to harbor a criminal.↗ · She still harbors a grudge against her old friend.↗ · Dirty sponges can harbor germs.↗ · We watched the ferries leave the harbor.↗ · The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piræus (the famous harbor of Athens).↗

harbour — Everyday, meaning 1: A harbour is a place by the sea where boats and ships stay safe from waves and storms.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To harbour someone is to hide or keep them, often someone hiding from others.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To harbour a feeling is to keep it for a long time.↗ Example: There are 25 boats in the harbour.↗ · 7 boats left the harbour in the morning.↗ · 4 ships came into the harbour.↗ · How many boats are in the harbour now?↗ · The fishing boats returned to the harbour before the storm.↗ · We walked along the harbour wall and watched the seals.↗ · Sydney Harbour has a famous bridge.↗ · The ship stayed in the harbour until the wind calmed down.↗ · The next day the Swallow flew down to the harbour.↗

hard — Everyday, meaning 1: Hard means firm and not soft, like a rock or a nut.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hard means difficult, not easy: a hard question.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Hard as an adverb means with a lot of effort or force: work hard, push hard.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Hard can also mean strict or unkind: be hard on someone.↗ Example: The test had 10 easy and 5 hard questions.↗ · He worked hard for 3 hours.↗ · Hard candies cost 10 cents each.↗ · The hardest puzzle has 500 pieces.↗ · The ground was hard after the frost.↗ · It is hard to wake up early in winter.↗ · She tried hard and finished the race.↗ · Diamond is very hard and can cut glass.↗ · It rained hard all night.↗ · Is any thing too hard for the LORD.↗ (Torah GEN.18.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.↗ (Torah DEU.26.6, JPS 1917)↗ · For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.↗ (Torah DEU.30.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down.↗ (Writings PSA.88.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.↗ (Prophets EZK.3.8, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is there any thing too hard for Me?↗ (Prophets JER.32.27, JPS 1917)↗

hardback — Everyday, meaning 1: A book with a stiff, strong cover.↗ e.g. The story came out in hardback.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Having a stiff cover: a hardback book.↗ Example: This hardback has a picture under the cover.↗ · The library prefers hardbacks because they last longer.↗ · The hardback costs $20, the paperback $8.↗ · I'm waiting for the paperback, as the hardback is heavy.↗ · My atlas is a big hardback.↗ · She got a hardback copy for her birthday.↗

harden — Everyday, meaning 1: To become hard or firm, or to make something hard.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Of a person or feelings: to become less kind or less soft, or more determined.↗ Example: The melted chocolate will harden in the fridge.↗ · Leave the clay to harden overnight.↗ · Concrete takes days to harden fully.↗ · Wax hardens as it cools.↗ · His face hardened when he heard the bad news.↗ · The glue hardened and stuck the pieces together.↗ · Bread hardens if you leave it out.↗ · Inge heard all this, and her heart became hardened and full of bitterness.↗ · But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.↗ (Torah EXO.10.27, JPS 1917)↗ · And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.↗ (Torah EXO.7.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.↗ (Torah EXO.8.32, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness; (Writings PSA.95.8, JPS 1917)↗ · But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to Thy commandments, (Writings NEH.9.16, JPS 1917)↗ · He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?↗ (Writings JOB.9.4, JPS 1917)↗

hardihood — Everyday, meaning 1: Hardihood is bold courage and toughness, a readiness to face danger or hardship.↗ Example: It took great hardihood to climb the mountain.↗ · The boy showed hardihood when the wolves came.↗

hardly — Everyday, meaning 1: Hardly means almost not, or only just.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hardly ever means almost never.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Hardly can mean it is not reasonable: «You can hardly blame him.».↗ Example: I could hardly see in the fog.↗ · We hardly ever go to the cinema.↗ · There is hardly any milk left.↗ · She had hardly started when the bell rang.↗ · He hardly ate anything.↗ · Hardly anyone came to the match.↗ · I can hardly believe it!↗ · He hardly knew himself, so changed was he.↗ · These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. '↗ 44.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · THERE is hardly another book in Jewish literature, the Bible and the Talmud excepted, that has been so much commented upon as the Sefer Yetzirah.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

hardness — Everyday, meaning 1: Hardness is how hard something is: how well it resists being scratched, dented or pressed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hardness of water means how many minerals, like calcium, are dissolved in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Hardness can mean being harsh or unkind (hardness of heart).↗ Example: We tested the hardness of different rocks by scratching them.↗ · Diamond has the greatest hardness of any natural material.↗ · The hardness of the wood made it difficult to hammer a nail in.↗ · Talc is at the bottom of the hardness scale.↗ · Hard water leaves white marks in the kettle.↗ · The hardness in his voice surprised her.↗ · The [33] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.↗ (Writings LAM.3.65, JPS 1917)↗

hardship — Everyday, meaning 1: Hardship is a situation of suffering or difficulty, especially from not having enough money, food or other things you need.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A hardship is one particular difficulty that makes life hard.↗ Example: The family faced great hardship during the war.↗ · Many people suffered hardship when the factory closed.↗ · Pioneers on the trail to Oregon endured many hardships.↗ · The school has a hardship fund to help pay for trips.↗ · Despite the hardship, they stayed cheerful.↗ · Losing a job can bring financial hardship.↗ · The explorers suffered hardships of cold and hunger.↗ · The king said, "Oh, Conall, you came through great hardships.↗

hardy — Everyday, meaning 1: Strong and able to live through hard conditions such as cold, wind or little food, as in «hardy sheep».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (plants) Able to survive winter frost outdoors, as in «a hardy plant».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Brave and tough, as in «a few hardy swimmers went into the icy sea».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (a name) Hardy is a surname, as in the writer Thomas Hardy.↗ Example: Highland cattle are hardy animals that live outside all winter.↗ · Pansies are hardy flowers.↗ · A few hardy fans stayed despite the rain.↗ · The hardiest plants grow high up on mountains.↗ · Only hardy souls go swimming in the sea in January.↗ · Thomas Hardy wrote novels about the countryside.↗ · The pomegranate seed from Spain became a hardy plant on the coast of West Jutland.↗

hare — Everyday, meaning 1: A hare is a wild animal like a large rabbit, with long ears and long strong back legs, that runs very fast.↗ Example: The hare raced across the field.↗ · A hare is bigger than a rabbit.↗ · In the fable, the tortoise beat the hare.↗ · Snowshoe hares turn white in winter.↗ · Baby hares are called leverets.↗ · Hares box each other in spring.↗ · The hare's long ears twitched.↗ · And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.↗ (Torah LEV.11.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Hare, 2005; Hebrew entered by hand).↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗