This is the 2249th most frequent Russian word.
задержать
"To detain" or "to delay."
Here, 'задержать' means 'to detain' or 'to arrest', referring to stopping someone's movement due to legal action.
Полиция решила задержать подозреваемого.
The police decided to detain the suspect.
In this case, 'задержать' means 'to delay' or 'to put off', related to postponing an event or activity.
Они решили задержать встречу на час.
They decided to delay the meeting by an hour.
Here, 'задержать' indicates 'to hold back' or 'to stop temporarily', describing a momentary physical or situational intervention.