tapered

ta·per  (tpr)

n.

1. A small or very slender candle.

2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.

3. A source of feeble light.

4.

a. A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.

b. A gradual decrease, as in action or force.

v. ta·pered, ta·per·ing, ta·pers

v.intr.

1. To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.

2. To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off: The storm finally tapered off.

v.tr.

1. To make thinner or narrower at one end.

2. To make smaller gradually.

adj.

Gradually decreasing in size toward a point.

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[Middle English, from Old English tapor, possibly ultimately from Latin papyrus, papyrus (sometimes used for candlewicks); see paper.]

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taper·ing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tapered - becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs" narrowing, tapering narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"

Translations

tapered [ˈteɪpəd] tapering [ˈteɪpərɪŋ] ADJ [shape] → ahusado, que termina en punta; [finger] → afilado; [table leg] → que se va estrechando (Mech) → cónico

taper off taper away VI + ADV

1. (= narrow)
see taper B

2. (= reduce) [spending, fighting, violence] → ir disminuyendo; [storm, snowfall] → ir amainando
his popularity is tapering off → su popularidad está decayendo

tapered [ˈteɪpə^rd] tapering [ˈteɪpərɪŋ] adj → fuselé(e), effilé(e)

tapered

adj → spitz zulaufend; tapered trousers → Hosen, die unten enger werden

tapered [ˈteɪpəd] adj (trouser leg, stick) → affusolato/a