Retard Definition
ritärd; for n. 2 rētärd
retards
verb
retards
To hinder, delay, or slow the advance or progress of.
Webster's New World
To be delayed or undergo retardation.
Webster's New World
To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder.
Retard the march of an army.
Retard the motion of a ship.
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To put off; to postpone.
To retard the attacks of old age.
To retard a rupture between nations.
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(intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
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noun
A retarding; delay.
Webster's New World
A retarded person.
Webster's New World
A stupid or foolish person.
Webster's New World
Used as a disparaging term for a person with an intellectual disability.
American Heritage Medicine
(slang, offensive) A person with mental retardation.
Do all retards have a low I.Q.?
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Origin of Retard
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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre (“to retard"), from re- + tardus (“slow")
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