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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Retarding.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- +
     tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F.
     retarder. See Tardy.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old
        age; to retard a rupture between nations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay;
          procrastinate; postpone; defer.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Retard \Re*tard"\, v. i.
     To stay back. [Obs.] --Sir. T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Retard \Re*tard"\, n.
     1. Retardation; delay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A mentally retarded person. [Colloq. and disparaging]
        [PJC]
  
     3. a person who is stupid or inept, especially in social
        situations. [Colloq. and disparaging]
        [PJC]
  
     Retard of the tide, or Age of the tide, the interval
        between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates
        and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in
        general, that any particular tide is not principally due
        to the moon's transit immediately proceeding, but to a
        transit which has occured some time before, and which is
        said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus
        distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under
        Retardation. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Retard \Re*tard"\, v. i.
     To stay back. [Obs.] --Sir. T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Retard \Re*tard"\, n.
     Retardation; delay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Retarding.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- +
     tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F.
     retarder. See Tardy.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old
        age; to retard a rupture between nations.
  
     Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay;
          procrastinate; postpone; defer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  retard
       n : a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile,
            cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit]
       v 1: slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will
            retard the child's language development" [syn: check,
            delay]
       2: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This
          drug will retard your heart rate"
       3: be delayed
       4: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn:
           decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up] [ant: accelerate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  retard
     Γαλλικά n.
     η καθυστέρηση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  retard
     French n.
     delay
     n.
     1 retardation; delay.
     2 (lb en music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
     3 (lb en offensive dated) A person with mental retardation.
     4 (lb en informal offensive) A person or being who is extremely
  stupid or slow to learn.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to
  prevent from progressing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To put off; to postpone.
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform
  (something).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
     5 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To stay back.
     Romanian a.
     delaying
     Romanian n.
     delay

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  retard
     n.
     1 retardation; delay.
     2 (lb en music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
     3 (lb en offensive dated) A person with mental retardation.
     4 (lb en informal offensive) A person or being who is extremely
  stupid or slow to learn.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to
  prevent from progressing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To put off; to postpone.
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform
  (something).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
     5 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To stay back.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  retard
     French n.
     delay
     n.
     1 retardation; delay.
     2 (lb en music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
     3 (lb en offensive dated) A person with mental retardation.
     4 (lb en informal offensive) A person or being who is extremely
  stupid or slow to learn.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to
  prevent from progressing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To put off; to postpone.
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform
  (something).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
     5 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To stay back.
     Romanian a.
     delaying
     Romanian n.
     delay

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  retard
     French n.
     delay
     n.
     1 retardation; delay.
     2 (lb en music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
     3 (lb en offensive dated) A person with mental retardation.
     4 (lb en informal offensive) A person or being who is extremely
  stupid or slow to learn.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to
  prevent from progressing.
     2 (lb en transitive) To put off; to postpone.
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform
  (something).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
     5 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To stay back.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  retard
     Ranska n.
     myöhästyminen, viivästyminen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  retard
     Franska n.
     försening, fördröjning

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Retard /ɹɪtˈɑːd/
  أعق