noun. Retardation.

To make slow or slower; obstruct in motion or progress; delay; impede; clog; hinder.

To defer; postpone; put off.

Synonyms To detain, delay.

To be delayed or later than usual.

noun. Retardation; delay.

noun. A mentally retarded person.

noun. a person who is stupid or inept, especially in social situations.

noun. 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 immediately 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.

noun. undefined

intransitive verb. To stay back.

transitive verb. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; ; -- opposed to accelerate.

transitive verb. To put off; to postpone

noun. Retardation; delay.

noun. A person with mental retardation.

noun. A stupid person, or one who is slow to learn.

verb. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder

verb. To put off; to postpone.

verb. To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).

verb. To decelerate; to slow down.

verb. To stay back.

verb. lose velocity; move more slowly

noun. a person of subnormal intelligence

verb. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate

verb. be delayed

verb. slow the growth or development of

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