retard

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate

   This drug will retard your heart rate

2. 2
   verb

   slow the growth or development of

   The brain damage will retard the child's language development

3. 3
   noun

   A person with mental retardation.

   The retard in our class needs special help.

4. 4
   noun

   A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.

   “That's 'cause your dog is a retard,” the large woman retorted. The pit bull must have sensed the insult because it got up on all fours and started barking at the woman. Not one to back down from an interspecies fight, the prison lady stood up […]

5. 5
   verb

   To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.

   retard the march of an army

6. 6
   verb

   To put off; to postpone.

   to retard the attacks of old age

7. 7
   verb

   To decelerate; to slow down.

   70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, retard, retard...

8. 8
   verb

   To stay back.

   Some years it [The River Nile] hath also retarded, and come far later than usually it was expected

Etymology

From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”).