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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations. Source: opted

3. v. i. To stay back. Source: opted

4. n. Retardation; delay. Source: opted

5. n. a person of subnormal intelligence Source: wordnet

6. v. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate Source: wordnet

7. v. be delayed Source: wordnet

8. v. slow the growth or development of Source: wordnet

9. v. lose velocity; move more slowly Source: wordnet

10. 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 Ant: 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. To stay back. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne. Retardation; delay. Retard, 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 immediatelly 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. rHam. Nav. Encyc. Source: webster

11. To stay back. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne. Source: adambom

12. n:13/v:87 v. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate v. be delayed Source: ecdict

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