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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.

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

taper·ing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tapered - becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
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 offsu popularidad está decayendo
tapered [ˈteɪpərd] tapering [ˈteɪpərɪŋ] adjfuselé(e), effilé(e)
tapered
adjspitz zulaufend; tapered trousersHosen, die unten enger werden
tapered [ˈteɪpəd] adj (trouser leg, stick) → affusolato/a


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They were from fifty to one hundred yards long, and they gradually tapered from a nine-log breadth at their sterns, to a three-log breadth at their bow-ends.
We left her standing upon the thin peninsula of firm, peaty soil which tapered out into the widespread bog.
Though true cylinders without --within, the villanous green goggling glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom.
 
 
 
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