'Retard' definitions:
Definition of 'retard'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard]
verb
Cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
verb
Be delayed
verb
Slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" [syn: check, retard, delay]
verb
Lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard] [ant: accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up]
Definition of 'Retard'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Retard'
From: GCIDE
- Retard \Re*tard"\, v. i. To stay back. [Obs.] --Sir. T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Retard'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'retard'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- balk,
- block,
- bottle up,
- brake,
- bridle,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- countercheck,
- curb,
- curtail,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- detain,
- dompt,
- drag,
- draw rein,
- dunce,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- enjoin,
- fool,
- frustrate,
- govern,
- guard,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold up,
- idiot,
- imbecile,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- interfere with,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- jerk,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- lag,
- lay under restraint,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make late,
- meddle,
- moderate,
- moron,
- obstruct,
- oppose,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- reef,
- rein,
- rein in,
- relax,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retrench,
- scotch,
- set back,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- snub,
- stall,
- stay,
- stop,
- straiten,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- thwart,
- withhold