retard
Word forms: retards, retarding, retarded
PRONUNCIATION NOTE:
The verb is pronounced (rɪtɑrd ). The noun is pronounced (ritɑrd ).
1. TRANSITIVE VERB
If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly.
[formal]
Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
Synonyms: slow down, check, arrest, delay More Synonyms of retard