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1. (v.t.) retard
to make slow; delay the development or progress of; hinder.
2. (v.i.) retard
to be delayed.
3. (n.) retard
retardation; delay.
4. retard
Slang: Disparaging.
5. retard
a mentally retarded person.
6. retard
a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective.
7. retard
an adjustment to the distributor of an internal-combustion engine that causes the spark for ignition to be generated later in the cycle.
Etymology: (1480–90; < L retardāre to delay, protract = re-re - + tardāre to loiter, be slow, der. of tardus slow; cf. tardy)
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| Definition of 'RETARD' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard
a person of subnormal intelligence
2. (verb) retard
cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
"This drug will retard your heart rate"
3. (verb) retard
be delayed
4. (verb) check, retard, delay
slow the growth or development of
"The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
5. (verb) decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
lose velocity; move more slowly
"The car decelerated"
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| Definition of 'RETARD' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) RETARD
retardation; delay
2. (verb) RETARD
to keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate
3. (verb) RETARD
to put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations
4. (verb) RETARD
to stay back
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Sense: to make slower or later
The country's economic progress was retarded by strikes; The baby's development was retarded by an accident he had shortly after birth.
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 Afrikaans: vertraag |
 Arabic: يُعيق، يُعَرْقِل |
 Bulgarian: забавям |
 Brazilian: retardar |
 Czech: zpomalit |
 German: verzögern |
 Danish: sinke |
 Greek: καθυστερώ |
 Spanish: retrasar |
 Estonian: pidurdama |
 Farsi: به تاخیر انداختن؛ به تعوی |
 Finnish: hidastaa |
 French: retarder |
 Hebrew: לְפָגֵר |
 Hindi: प्रगति रोकना |
 Croatian: usporiti, otegnuti |
 Hungarian: késleltet |
 Indonesian: terlambat, terbelakang |
 Icelandic: seinka, tefja |
 Italian: ritardare |
 Japanese: 遅らせる |
 Korean: 더디게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: sulėtinti, sulaikyti |
 Latvian: []kavēt; palēnināt; kavēt |
 Malay: membantutkan |
 Dutch: vertragen |
 Norwegian: forsinke; hefte; hemme |
 Polish: zahamować, opóźniać |
 Persian: به تاخیر انداختن؛ به تعوی |
 Pashto: مخه نيول، وروكول ، ستنول |
 Portuguese: retardar |
 Romanian: aîntârzia |
 Russian: замедлять, задерживать |
 Slovak: spomaliť |
 Slovenian: zavirati |
 Serbian: usporiti |
 Swedish: försena, bromsa, hämma |
 Thai: ทำให้ช้า |
 Turkish: geciktirmek |
 Taiwanese: 遲緩，阻礙 |
 Ukrainian: сповільнювати; гальмувати |
 Urdu: رفتار کم کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm chậm lại |
 Chinese: 延迟，放慢 |
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