Definitions
Strong, difficult, or hard to damage.
Word origin
From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from *tinganą (“to press upon, throng”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Hard to endure”5 letters
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