The meaning of RETARD is to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment. How to use retard in a sentence. Synonym …

1. to make slow; delay the development or progress of; hinder. 2. to be delayed. n. 3. retardation; delay. 4. Slang: Disparaging. a. a mentally retarded person. b. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective.

Increasing and decreasing speed of motion (Definition of retarding from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Retard definition: to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.. See examples of RETARD used in a sentence.

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Word forms: retards , retards , retarding , retarded pronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (rɪtɑːʳd ). The noun is pronounced (riːtɑːʳd ). If something retards a process, or the development of something, …

To retard something is to slow it down. A lack of fresh fruit and vegetables can retard the growth of a young child.

Synonyms for RETARDING: slowing, braking, inhibiting, hindering, decelerating, impeding, slackening, stopping; Antonyms of RETARDING: accelerating, hastening, hurrying, rushing, pushing, driving, …

Definition of retard verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. retard something to make the development or progress of something slower synonym delay, slow. The progression of the disease …

RETARD meaning: 1. to make something slower: 2. a word for a person with a learning disability (= a condition that…. Learn more.