All retard synonyms
reΒ·tard
R r verb retard
- dam β A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
- drag one's feet β to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- backwater β A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bitting β Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- anaesthetizing β Present participle of anaesthetize.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- embog β (transitive) To bog down.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- buttonhole β A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- back water β to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
- ease up β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- iced β of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
- garroted β a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- anaesthetised β anesthetize.
- manacling β Present participle of manacle.
- detain β When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- bottlenecking β a narrow entrance or passageway.
- ko'd β a knockout in boxing.
- kos β a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- deaden β If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- entrammel β To hamper by entangling.
- minify β to make less.
- intermit β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- lay aside β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- damping β moistening or wetting
- weighting β the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- anesthetized β to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- interned β to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- encumber β Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- choke β When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- corked β (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
- buttonholing β the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hold in β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- garroting β a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gassing β an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes.
- inactivate β to make inactive: The bomb was inactivated.
- etherize β Anesthetize (a person or animal) with ether.
- cool off β If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.
- anaesthetising β Present participle of anaesthetise.
- boxed in β simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- hang fire β a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.