āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to retard
01
āϧā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something move or operate more slowly
Transitive: to retard a movement or process
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Cold temperatures can retard the growth of certain plants.
āĻļā§āϤāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϧā§āϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āϧā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāύā§
to slow down or decrease speed
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The athlete âs pace began to retard after the third lap due to exhaustion.
āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāϤāĻŋ āϧā§āϰ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to delay or push back an event, task, or decision to a later time
Transitive: to retard an event
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Due to scheduling conflicts, they had to retard the appointment.
āĻļāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻāϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āϧā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to experience a delay or slow progress in a process or activity
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The process of approval retarded because of the complicated paperwork.
āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻĒāϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāύā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϧā§āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Retard
01
a person with an intellectual disability
Offensive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using retard to describe anyone with learning difficulties is disgusting.
02
a foolish, stupid, or socially inept person
Offensive
Slang
Vulgar
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He's a complete retard for thinking that scam email was real.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
retarded
retarder
retard
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