Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retard"
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) 1.7 (wn)
retard
n : a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: {idiot}, {imbecile},
{cretin}, {moron}, {changeling}, {half-wit}]
v 1: slow the growth or development of [syn: {check}]
2: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This
drug will retard your heart rate"
3: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn:
{decelerate}, {slow}, {slow down}, {slow up}] [ant: {accelerate}]
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