"retard" meaning in English

See retard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/ [UK, US], /ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/ [UK, US] Audio: En-uk-retard-verb.ogg [UK], En-us-retard (delay sense).ogg [US], en-uk-retard-noun.ogg [UK], en-us-retard.ogg [US] Forms: retards [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|retarden}} Middle English retarden, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{der|en|xno|retarder}} Anglo-Norman retarder, {{der|en|la|retardāre||to retard}} Latin retardāre (“to retard”), {{m|la|re-}} re-, {{m|la|tardus||slow}} tardus (“slow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} retard (plural retards)
  1. Retardation; delay. Synonyms: delay, hold-up, retardation Translations (retardation; delay): vertraging (Afrikaans), vertragings [plural] (Afrikaans), viive (Finnish), hidaste (Finnish), retard (French), Verzögerung [feminine] (German), Verspätung [feminine] (German), kavēšanās (Latvian), vilcināšanās (Latvian), замедле́ние (zamedlénije) [neuter] (Russian), заде́ржка (zadéržka) [feminine] (Russian), perecear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-retard-en-noun-1s5DsrFb Disambiguation of 'retardation; delay': 82 2 14 1
  2. (music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-retard-en-noun-XLxawQwn Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (offensive, dated) A person with mental retardation. Tags: dated, offensive Categories (topical): People Synonyms: retarded, tard [offensive], imbecile (english: disused medical term), mental deficient (english: legal term), moron (english: disused medical term) Translations (a person with mental retardation): vertraagde (Afrikaans), vertraagdes (Afrikaans), mongool (Afrikaans), mongole [plural] (Afrikaans), henkisesti jälkeenjäänyt (Finnish), see also vammainen (Finnish), retardé (French), καθυστερημένος (kathysteriménos) (Greek), βλαμμένος (vlamménos) (Greek), ritardato mentale [masculine] (Italian), 知恵遅れ (chieokure) (Japanese), деби́л (debíl) [masculine] (Russian), retrasado [masculine] (Spanish), retrasada [feminine] (Spanish), תּם (tam) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-retard-en-noun-3joQiSAB Disambiguation of People: 27 1 58 11 0 0 3 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 20 32 6 9 3 1 11 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 17 32 11 9 3 1 9 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 17 33 7 9 4 2 9 10 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 17 31 6 9 5 2 11 12 Disambiguation of 'a person with mental retardation': 12 4 68 16
  4. (informal, offensive) A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn. Tags: informal, offensive Synonyms: fool Translations (a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn): idioot (Afrikaans), idiote (Afrikaans), nool (Afrikaans), nole [plural] (Afrikaans), 笨蛋 (Bèndàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 傻子 (Shǎzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 傻逼 (shǎbi) (Chinese Mandarin), 智障 (Zhìzhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), mogool (Dutch), vammainen (Finnish), vähä-älyinen (Finnish), see also vammainen (Finnish), kehari (Finnish), attardé (French), 병신 (pyeongsin) (Korean), то́рмоз (tórmoz) [masculine] (Russian), retrasado [masculine] (Spanish), retrasada [feminine] (Spanish), תּם (tam) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-retard-en-noun-9-4ZBDhF Disambiguation of 'a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn': 4 3 39 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: full retard, retard strength, -tard

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/ [UK, US], /ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/ [UK, US] Audio: En-uk-retard-verb.ogg [UK], En-us-retard (delay sense).ogg [US], en-uk-retard-noun.ogg [UK], en-us-retard.ogg [US] Forms: retards [present, singular, third-person], retarding [participle, present], retarded [participle, past], retarded [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|retarden}} Middle English retarden, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{der|en|xno|retarder}} Anglo-Norman retarder, {{der|en|la|retardāre||to retard}} Latin retardāre (“to retard”), {{m|la|re-}} re-, {{m|la|tardus||slow}} tardus (“slow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} retard (third-person singular simple present retards, present participle retarding, simple past and past participle retarded)
  1. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing. Tags: transitive Synonyms: impede, hinder, hold up Synonyms (keep delaying; continue to hinder): decelerate Translations (keep delaying; impede; etc): vertraag (Afrikaans), hidastaa (Finnish), viivyttää (Finnish), jarruttaa (Finnish), verhindern (German), kavēt (Latvian), vilcināt (Latvian), заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-retard-en-verb-aZOwc9Q3 Disambiguation of 'keep delaying; continue to hinder': 78 8 1 8 5 Disambiguation of 'keep delaying; impede; etc': 76 10 1 7 5
  2. (transitive) To put off; to postpone. Tags: transitive Synonyms (postpone): postpone Translations (put off; postpone): uitstel (Afrikaans), siirtää tuonnemmaksi (Finnish), lykätä (Finnish), verschieben (German), aufschieben (German), tardigar (Ido), jūgt ārā (Latvian), jūgt nost (Latvian), откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-retard-en-verb-bZGbnGjj Disambiguation of 'postpone': 4 83 1 4 7 Disambiguation of 'put off; postpone': 3 84 1 3 8
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something). Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-retard-en-verb-6OaMth0i
  4. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (decelerate): decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up
    Sense id: en-retard-en-verb---d9WXkx Disambiguation of 'decelerate': 25 4 3 64 4
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To stay back. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Synonyms (stay back): hang back Translations (stay back): agterbly (Afrikaans), zurückbleiben (German)
    Sense id: en-retard-en-verb-Jq44ezzq Disambiguation of 'stay back': 2 12 1 4 80 Disambiguation of 'stay back': 2 12 1 4 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hinder, slow, slow down, put off, stay back Derived forms: growth-retarding, retarded

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The retard in our class needs special help.",
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        "A person with mental retardation."
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        "(offensive, dated) A person with mental retardation."
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "offensive"
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          "english": "disused medical term",
          "word": "imbecile"
        },
        {
          "english": "legal term",
          "word": "mental deficient"
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        {
          "english": "disused medical term",
          "word": "moron"
        }
      ],
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          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "vertraagde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "vertraagdes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "mongool"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "mongole"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "henkisesti jälkeenjäänyt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "see also vammainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "retardé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kathysteriménos",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "καθυστερημένος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vlamménos",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "βλαμμένος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ritardato mentale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chieokure",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "word": "知恵遅れ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "debíl",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "деби́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "retrasado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "retrasada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 4 68 16",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tam",
          "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "תּם"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Doug Green, No Wife No Kids No Plan",
          "text": "“That's 'cause your dog is a retard,” the large woman retorted. The pit bull must have sensed the insult because it got up on all fours and started barking at the woman. Not one to back down from an interspecies fight, the prison lady stood up […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn."
      ],
      "id": "en-retard-en-noun-9-4ZBDhF",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, offensive) A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fool"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "offensive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "idioot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "idiote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "nool"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "nole"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Bèndàn",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "笨蛋"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Shǎzi",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "傻子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǎbi",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "傻逼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Zhìzhàng",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "智障"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "mogool"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "vammainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "vähä-älyinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "see also vammainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "kehari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "attardé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pyeongsin",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "word": "병신"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tórmoz",
          "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "то́рмоз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 39 54",
          "code": "es",
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          "word": "agterbly"
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          "word": "imbecile"
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          "english": "legal term",
          "word": "mental deficient"
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        {
          "english": "disused medical term",
          "word": "moron"
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        "English offensive terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
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          "word": "fool"
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        "informal",
        "offensive"
      ]
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        "US"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)d"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/",
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        "US"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "word": "vertraging"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vertragings"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "word": "viive"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "word": "hidaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "word": "retard"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzögerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verspätung"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "word": "kavēšanās"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "word": "vilcināšanās"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamedlénije",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "замедле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadéržka",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заде́ржка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "retardation; delay",
      "word": "perecear"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "vertraagde"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "vertraagdes"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "mongool"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mongole"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "henkisesti jälkeenjäänyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "see also vammainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "retardé"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kathysteriménos",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "καθυστερημένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vlamménos",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "βλαμμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritardato mentale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chieokure",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "word": "知恵遅れ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "debíl",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "деби́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retrasado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retrasada"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tam",
      "sense": "a person with mental retardation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תּם"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "idioot"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "idiote"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "nool"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nole"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Bèndàn",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "笨蛋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Shǎzi",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "傻子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǎbi",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "傻逼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Zhìzhàng",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "智障"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "mogool"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "vammainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "vähä-älyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "see also vammainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "kehari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "attardé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pyeongsin",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "word": "병신"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tórmoz",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "то́рмоз"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retrasado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retrasada"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tam",
      "sense": "a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תּם"
    }
  ],
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    "Euphemism#Disability_and_handicap",
    "retard"
  ],
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}

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"keep delaying, continue to hinder\"",
      "word": "accelerate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"keep delaying, continue to hinder\"",
      "word": "speed"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"keep delaying, continue to hinder\"",
      "word": "speed up"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"stay back\"",
      "word": "come forward"
    }
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    {
      "word": "growth-retarding"
    },
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      "word": "retarded"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "xno",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "slow"
      },
      "expansion": "tardus (“slow”)",
      "name": "m"
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      "form": "retards",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retarding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "retarded",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "retard the march of an army",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "retard the motion of a ship",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "hinder",
          "hinder"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "impede"
        },
        {
          "word": "hinder"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "to retard the attacks of old age",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to retard a rupture between nations",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put off; to postpone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "put off",
          "put off"
        ],
        [
          "postpone",
          "postpone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put off; to postpone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be slow or dilatory to perform (something)."
      ],
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        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "dilatory",
          "dilatory"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2019, Airbus A350 - Landing (Retard) (YouTube), cockpit voice (actor)",
          "text": "70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, retard, retard...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 June 2, Michael Rhodes, “Tinsley reborn...”, in RAIL, number 932, pages 35–36",
          "text": "This application of hydraulics led Sir George Dowty to develop the wagon retarder system, which comprised small hydraulic rams mounted inside the rail. These rams could simply retard a wagon, or both retard and 'boost' or speed up a wagon by hydraulic pressure.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decelerate; to slow down."
      ],
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          "decelerate",
          "decelerate"
        ],
        [
          "slow down",
          "slow down"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stay back."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stay",
          "stay"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To stay back."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)d"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
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    {
      "sense": "keep delaying; continue to hinder",
      "word": "decelerate"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinder"
    },
    {
      "word": "slow"
    },
    {
      "word": "slow down"
    },
    {
      "sense": "postpone",
      "word": "postpone"
    },
    {
      "word": "put off"
    },
    {
      "sense": "decelerate",
      "word": "decelerate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "decelerate",
      "word": "slow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "decelerate",
      "word": "slow down"
    },
    {
      "sense": "decelerate",
      "word": "slow up"
    },
    {
      "sense": "stay back",
      "word": "hang back"
    },
    {
      "word": "stay back"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "keep delaying; impede; etc",
      "word": "vertraag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "keep delaying; impede; etc",
      "word": "hidastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "keep delaying; impede; etc",
      "word": "viivyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "keep delaying; impede; etc",
      "word": "jarruttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "keep delaying; impede; etc",
      "word": "verhindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "keep delaying; impede; etc",
      "word": "kavēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "keep delaying; impede; etc",
      "word": "vilcināt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
      "sense": "keep delaying; impede; etc",
      "word": "заде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "uitstel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "siirtää tuonnemmaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "lykätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "verschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "aufschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "tardigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "jūgt ārā"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "jūgt nost"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
      "sense": "put off; postpone",
      "word": "откла́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "stay back",
      "word": "agterbly"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stay back",
      "word": "zurückbleiben"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "retard"
  ],
  "word": "retard"
}

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