taper

[Ta·per]

To taper is to gradually grow smaller or more narrow or less intense. Taper is often used with the word "off." Part of the power of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is how the two walls appear to taper off into infinity.

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A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

Noun
stick of wax with a wick in the middle

Noun
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

Noun
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

Noun
a convex shape that narrows toward a point

Verb
diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

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Verb
give a point to; "The candles are tapered"

n.
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

n.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

a.
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

v. i.
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.

v. t.
To make or cause to taper.

Taper

Ta"per , n. [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W. tampr.] 1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.

2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

Taper

Ta"per , a. [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion to its form.] Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

Taper

Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering.] To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.

Taper

Ta"per, v. t. To make or cause to taper.

A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.

To make or cause to taper.

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Usage Examples

For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.