To reduce or diminish.
To heat as if by boiling.
To make an infusion.
To digest in the stomach.
To devise.
To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
To decelerate; to slow down.
To put off; to postpone.
To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.
Retardation; delay.
A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.