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Definition of Retard

1. Verb. Cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate. "This drug will retard your heart rate"

2. Noun. A person of subnormal intelligence.

3. Verb. Be delayed.

4. Verb. Slow the growth or development of. "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"

5. Verb. Lose velocity; move more slowly. "The car decelerated"

Definition of Retard

1. v. t. 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. v. i. To stay back.

3. n. Retardation; delay.

Definition of Retard

1. Noun. Retardation; delay. ¹

2. Noun. (offensive slang) A person with mental retardation. ¹

3. Noun. (offensive slang) A stupid person, or one who is slow to learn. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To put off; to postpone. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something). ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To stay back. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retard

1. to slow the progress of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Retard

1. Characterised by retarded action, said of a drug when it is supposed to exercise its maximum effect later in the cycle. (10 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retard

retaliator retaliatorily retaliators retaliatory retaliatory eviction retallied retallies retally retallying retamas

retapamulin retape retaped retapes retaping retard (current term) retardance retardant retardants retardate

retardates retardation retardation plate retardational retardations retardative retarded retarded dentition retarded depression retardedly

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