retard : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: retard	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for retard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retard n a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard] v cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" be delayed slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" Synonym(s): check, retard, delay lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" Synonym(s): decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard Antonym(s): accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up
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 \Retard"\, 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.