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English to English noun
| 1 |
a person of subnormal intelligence |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
Retardation; delay. | | source: webster1913 verb
| 3 |
cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate | | Example: This drug will retard your heart rate
source: wordnet30
| 4 |
be delayed | | source: wordnet30
| 5 |
slow the growth or development of | | Example: The brain damage will retard the child's language development
source: wordnet30
| 6 |
lose velocity; move more slowly | | Example: The car decelerated
source: wordnet30
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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: webster1913
| 8 |
To stay back. | | source: webster1913
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